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Wakashan
[ wah-kash-uhn, waw-kuh-shan ]
noun
- a family of Indigenous languages spoken in British Columbia and the state of Washington and including especially Kwakiutl and Nuu-chah-nulth.
Wakashan
/ ˈwɔːkəˌʃɑːn; wɑːˈkæʃən /
noun
- a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington, including Kwakiutl and Nootka
- a speaker of any of these languages
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The relationship of this family to the Wakashan is a very interesting problem.
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