Nakwaxdaʼxw
/nəˈkwɑːx.dəʔxʷ/noun
A name for an Indigenous First Nation and its traditional language community on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Did you know?Nakwaxdaʼxw is associated with the Wakashan language family and is often discussed alongside the closely related Gwaʼsala people and language community.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact period
Nakwaxdaʼxw
Nakwaxdaʼxw
“An Indigenous ethnonym and language name; a precise literal translation is not securely established in widely available English-language sources.”
19th Century
English records
Nakwaxda'xw
“A community name recorded by colonial and ethnographic sources using varying apostrophe and spelling conventions.”
20th Century
English / Nakwaxdaʼxw
Nakwaxda'xw
“Used for the First Nation, its people, and their traditionally spoken Wakashan language.”
Late 20th Century
English
Nakwaxdaʼxw First Nation
“A modern political and administrative designation used in Canadian Indigenous affairs.”
Modern English
English
Nakwaxdaʼxw
“A proper name referring to the nation and, in linguistic contexts, its language or cultural community.”
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