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Liḵ̕wala
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Likwala Likʷala Lik̓ʷala Liḵ̕wala
English
Etymology
en kwk liḵ̕wala (U'mista spelling).
Noun
sp
en Liq’wala U'mista.
en Keisha Everson Da̱nx̱a̱laga̱litła̱n’s ‘We Will Sing in the House’: Reclaiming Domains of the Home Through Song in Kwak̓wala University of Victoria 2020 https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/items/a51d8266-4d53-4f9c-bdb3-217acceddcf4 There are five dialects (Kwak̕wala, Liḵ̕wala, T̓łat’ła̱sḵwa̱la, ‘Nak̕wala, and Gut̕sala; [...]) across twenty Nations. Kwak̕wala has been the term used to describe the language as a whole, although this practice is slowly changing to more accurately reflect the dialect differences between Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw communities.