Witsuwit’en
language
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Athabaskan language family
- In Athabaskan language family
The Witsuwit’en (spoken in British Columbia) words kw’əsdəde ‘chair’ and həda ‘moose’ were borrowed from the Carrier kw’əts’əzda and the Sekani xəda, respectively. Gitksan, a Tsimshianic language spoken to the west, contributed xwts’a:n or pts’a:n (‘totem pole’), which became ts’an in Witsuwit’en. The Witsuwit’en ləmes ‘mass’…
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