Oowekyala

Oowekyala /ˈwkjələ/, also Ooweekeeno and ’Wuik̓ala in the language itself, is a dialect (or a sublanguage) of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, a Northern Wakashan language spoken around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, spoken by the Wuikinuxv, whose government is the Wuikinuxv Nation.

Oowekyala
’Wuik̓ala
RegionNorthern Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
EthnicityWuikinuxv people
Native speakers
6 (2014, FPCC)
Wakashan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologoowe1239

The name is also spelled Wuikala, Wuikenukv, Oweekeno, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oowekeeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, Oowek'yala, Oweek'ala.

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