Harsunan Wakashan

Wakashan iyali ne na harsunan da ake magana da su a British Columbia a kusa da Tsibirin Vancouver, da kuma a kusurwar arewa maso yammacin yankin Olympic na jihar Washington, a gefen kudu na mashigin Juan de Fuca .

Kamar yadda yake a yankin Arewa maso Yamma, harsunan Wakashan suna da manyan tarin harufa - baƙaƙen da galibi ke faruwa a cikin rukunoni masu rikitarwa.

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 Sashen iyali 
Iyalin harshen Wakashan ya ƙunshi harsuna bakwai: 


 Alaƙar da za ta iya kasancewa da iyalai masu harsuna na waje 
Kamar yadda Edward Sapir da Leo J. Frachtenberg suka gabatar da farko, kuma daga baya Morris Swadesh ya yi bayani dalla-dalla, an haɗa harsunan Wakashan tare da harsunan Salishan da Chimakuan a cikin iyali na "Mosan" .  Wannan iyali na macro da aka gabatar yanzu an ƙi shi gabaɗaya a matsayin rukunin zuri'a.   Kamanceceniya tsakanin tsari da ƙamus da aka raba an fi bayyana su a matsayin sakamakon ci gaba da hulɗa mai zurfi; don haka harsunan Mosan suna wakiltar wani yanki a cikin yankin Pacific Northwest mai faɗi. 

A shekarun 1960, Swadesh ta kuma ba da shawarar alaƙar harsunan Wakashan da harsunan Eskimo-Aleut . Holst (2005) ya ɗauki wannan kuma ya faɗaɗa shi. 

Sergei Nikolaev ya yi jayayya a cikin takardu biyu game da dangantaka mai tsari tsakanin harshen Nivkh na tsibirin Sakhalin da kogin Amur da harsunan Algic, da kuma dangantaka ta biyu tsakanin waɗannan biyun tare da harsunan Wakashan.  

 Suna da lambar sadarwa 
Sunan Wakesh ko Waukash ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Nuu-chah-nulth mai ma'ana 'mai kyau'. Masu bincike na farko sun yi amfani da shi, ciki har da Kyaftin James Cook, waɗanda suka yi tunanin cewa sunan ƙabila ne. 

Asalin harsunan Uto-Aztecan galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Amurka ko kuma wataƙila Arewa maso Yammacin Mexico. Wata ka'ida ta daban ta nuna yiwuwar cewa dangin harsunan sun samo asali ne daga kudancin Mexico, a cikin yankin yaren Mesoamerican, amma ba a ɗauka hakan a matsayin abin gamsarwa ba.

A shekara ta 1843, Kamfanin Hudson's Bay ya kafa cibiyar kasuwanci a Victoria. Turawa-Kanadawa suna da hulɗa akai-akai da ƙasashen farko bayan wannan lokacin. An sami asarar jama'a mai yawa a farkon ƙarni na 20 saboda annobar ƙananan kuraje (saboda ƙasashen farko ba su sami kariya daga sabuwar cutar ba), rikice-rikicen zamantakewa, da kuma shan giya. A shekara ta 1903, 'yan asalin ƙasar sun kai kimanin 5200, waɗanda 2600 suka kasance a Hukumar Yammacin Tekun, 1300 a Hukumar Kwawkewlth, 900 a Hukumar Arewa maso Yammacin Tekun, da 410 a Kamfanin Neah Bay, Cape Flattery . A shekara ta 1909, sun kai 4584, ciki har da 2070 Kwakiutl da 2494 Nootka . Masu wa'azin Katolika na Roman Katolika suna aiki a yankin.

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