Bibliography of the Wakashan Languages.
by Pilling, James Constantine, 1846-1895
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USGPO, 1894. Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology. Soft Cover. x, [1], 70 p., 2 facsimiles, chronologic index; 25 cm. Languages included are Aht, Bellabella, Cape Flattery Indian, Claoquat, Coquilth, Fuca Straits Indian, Hailtsuk, Hancock Harbor Indian, Kagutl, King George Sound Indian, Klaokwat, Kwakiool, Kwakiutl, Lekwiltoq, Maka, Millbank Sound Indian, Nitinat, Niwiti, Nutka, Qagutl, Quoquols, Sebasa, Seshat, Tahkaht, Tlaoquatch, Tokoaat, Ucalta, Ukwulta, Vancouver Island Indian, Wakashan, Wikenak, Yokultat, Yukulta. "The derivation of the term used to designate the family which embraces the group of languages treated in the present paper is from the Nutka word "waukash", meaning "good", and when heard by Captain Cook at Friendly Cove, Nootka Sound [Vancouver Island; 1778], was supposed to be the tribal name." Printed wraps; spine spotted, edges irregular; part unopened; good+. 39032.
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- Bibliography of the Wakashan Languages.
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- Pilling, James Constantine, 1846-1895
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- Soft Cover
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- Used
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- Paperback
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- USGPO, 1894. Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology
- Keywords
- American Indian Languages
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- American Indians;
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