Language

Words and phrases are listed in the hybrid orthography.

x̄á’islak̓ala: Haisla language

x̄enáksialak̓ala: Kemano/Kitlope language

q̓ʷémksiwak̓ala: English language

’uík̓ala: Rivers Inlet dialect

kʷák̓ʷala: Kwakwaka’wakw language

híɫzaq̓ʷala: Bella Bella language

ḡʷít̓ala: Tsimshian language (Sm’algyax)

’uíkela: speak native language, speak x̄á’islak̓ala

’aquála: conversation, talk together

bek̓ʷála: speak, talk

wísenis x̄á’islak̓ala: let’s speak x̄á’isla

Less Commonly Used

ʼuiksisdáudsi’u: “put it into x̄á’islak̓ala”, translate into x̄á’islak̓ala (ʼuík̓ala is the Rivers Inlet dialect, sometimes used to mean x̄á’islak̓ala)

x̄a’islak̓alisdáudsi’u: “put it into x̄á’islak̓ala”, translate into x̄á’islak̓ala

x̄enaksialak̓alisdáudsi’u: “put it into x̄enáksialak̓ala”, translate into x̄enáksialak̓ala

q̓ʷemksiwak̓alisdáudsi’u: “put it into English”, translate into English