The NootkaLanguage is a SouthernWakashanLanguage of Canada. SIL code: NOO. ISO 639-2: wak. Population: 590 mother tongue speakers (1998 Statistics Canada), out of 3,500 population (1977 SIL). Nitinat has about 30 speakers (1991 M. Dale Kinkade). Region: Southwestern British Columbia, Nitinat along Pacific side of Vancouver Island and on Nitinat Lake. Alternate names: NUTKA, NUUCHAHNULTH. Dialects: NITINAT (NITINAHT), NOOTKA. Comments: Bilingualism in English. Most or all speakers are middle-aged or older. People are called 'West Coast People.' Dictionary. Grammar.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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