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qʷi·qʷi·diččaq en · PROPN

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Makah qʷi·qʷi·diččaq.

Meanings

1. (plural, singular) Makah
   • The seven languages of the Wakashan family (qʷi·qʷi·diččaq, diitiidʔaaʔtx̣, nuučaan̓uɬ, ‘Uik̓ ala, Híɫzaqvḷa, X̄a’islak̓ ala-X̄enaksialak̓ ala, and Kwak̕wala) are spoken in the Pacific Northwest Coast from qʷi·qʷi·diččaq territory on the Olympic Peninsula extending north across Vancouver Island to Híɫzaqvḷa and X̄a’islak̓ ala territories bordering Tsimshian lands. 2024, T̕łat̕łaḵuł Patricia Rosborough and Daisy Rosenblum, “Wakashan Languages”, in Carmen Dagostino , Marianne Mithun and Keren Rice, editors, The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America: A Comprehensive Guide, volume 2, page 1013:

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