'Wùik̓ala

English Etymology en hei 'Wùik̓ala. Proper noun en Oowekyala. en Vancouver Coastal First Nations Health Authority 2025-09-19 https://www.fnha.ca/about/regions/vancouver-coastal The 'Wuìk̓inux̌v Nation is a member of the 'Wuìk̓inux̌v-Gitdisdzu-Nuxalk Tribal Council. The 'Wuìk̓inux̌v people speak 'Wuìk̓ala, a northern Wakashan language. https://web.archive.org/web/20250910171523/https://www.fnha.ca/about/regions/vancouver-coastal 10 September 2025 en Gloria Dickie The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous language families, and the genetic variability of bears Hakai Magazine 2021-08-05 https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-language-of-bears/ Along the central coast of British Columbia, grizzly bears go by many names. In the Sgüüx̣s language spoken by the Kitasoo Nation and the Sm’algyax language of the Gitga’at Nation, they are known as medi’ik. And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan. The reasons for such differences of language, new research suggests, may be similar to the reasons that grizzly groups differ genetically in the region. https://web.archive.org/web/20260520185250/https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-language-of-bears/ 20 May 2026 en Evelyn Windson Wákas Heiltsuk place names: a Wakashan perspective Kristin M. Jóhannsdóttir and Martin A. Oberg ICSNL XLII UBCWPL020 2007 https://lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/02/Wakas_2007_0.pdf I am one of the Wakashan speaking group. I speak the ‘Wuík̓ala (Oweekino) language. I learned to speak Hailzaqvla (Heiltsuk) language, and am now teaching this language. Related terms 'Wuìk̓inux̌v Heiltsuk Noun hei proper noun hei Oowekyala hei W̓ùik̓ala. Related terms hei 'Wuìk̓inux̌v