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NootkaLanguage
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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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entit�The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 langage humainThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 langageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 expression linguistiqueThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physiqueAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SouthernWakashanLanguageOf the five WakashanLanguages, two related languages are classified as a SouthernWakashanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 WakashanLanguageA WakashanLanguage is any of five languages found in Canada that form a family of languages apparently unrelated to others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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