x̄á'islak̓ala
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“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."
- "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."
- "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."