Kwakʼwala

language spoken by the Kwakwakaʼwakw people
Language language Q2640628
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Kwakʼwala

Summary

Kwakʼwala is a language[1]. Kwakʼwala ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kwakʼwala is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Kwakʼwala's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Kwakʼwala's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Kwakʼwala is a type of Wakashan[6].
  • Kwakʼwala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kwakʼwala[7].
  • Kwakʼwala's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+500'}[8].
  • Kwakʼwala's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[9].
  • Kwakʼwala's indigenous to is recorded as British Columbia[10].
  • Kwakʼwala's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KWK[11].
  • Kwakʼwala's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8a Moribund[12].

Why It Matters

Kwakʼwala ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] Kwakʼwala has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Kwakʼwala is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unesco language status 5 critically endangered
    Subclass of Wakashan
    Ethnologue language status 8a Moribund
    Indigenous to British Columbia
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548471105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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