X̱aat Kíl

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Haida X̱aat Kíl

Proper noun

X̱aat Kíl

  1. Synonym of Haida (language), in particular Northern Haida
    • 2024 April 1, Yvonne Krumrey, “Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price on the challenges and rewards of learning endangered languages”, in KTOO‎[1]:
      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!”
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