x̄á'islak̓ala

Unadapted borrowing from Haisla x̄á'islak̓ala.

x̄á'islak̓ala

1. Haisla language.
   • 2021 May 3, “In Our Valley: Megan Metz”, in Northern Sentinel‎^[1]:

     “All I really knew was that I wanted to work with x̄á’islak̓ala/our Haisla language. […] I also liked the idea of better documenting [Haisla] cultural protocols, beliefs and language by someone that has more of an inside perspective and that was raised within the culture,” said Metz.

   • 2023 September 11, “Artisan market at Come Toward the Fire festival spotlights Indigenous-owned businesses, September 16”, in Stir‎^[2]:

     Lisa Beading is run by Lisa Walker, with a creation focus on brightly coloured earrings. Each of her pieces is named with a x̄á’isla title, allowing Walker to gradually learn and reclaim her x̄á’islak̓ala language skills.

   • 2023 November, “From the Director’s Desk: Feasibility Study - Update”, in The Museum Post‎^[3], Kitimat Museum & Archives:

     The Museum has a Haisla-English Dictionary on index cards—hand written and manually-typed x̄á'islak̓ala with corresponding English words. [...] One of the x̄á'islak̓ala speakers providing words may have been teacher, Elder, and knowledge keeper Ivy Maitland. Linguist Hein Vink, Netherlands, gathered words circa 1975-1980 during his time with x̄á'islak̓ala speakers.

From x̄á'isla (“Haisla”) +‎ -k̓ala (“language”).

x̄á'islak̓ala

1. Haisla language.