X̱aat Kíl en · PROPN
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Haida X̱aat Kíl
Meanings
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Synonym of Haida (language), in particular Northern Haida
It’s pretty fun, too, when you find crossover. It’s like, in X̱aat Kíl, when we greet each other, we have a word that means like, “hey” or “hi.” We say “Ja!” So whenever I see my fellow X̱aat Kíl speakers, we say “Ja! Hello my friend!”
2024 April 1, Yvonne Krumrey, “Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price on the challenges and rewards of learning endangered languages”, in KTOO: