Nuu-chah-nulth
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From Nootka nuučaan̓uł (“all along the mountains”).
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Nuu-chah-nulth pl (plural only)
- A people indigenous to Vancouver Island in western Canada.
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- The polysynthetic Nuu-chah-nulth language, Nootka, which belongs to the Wakashan language group and is still spoken by about 500 people.
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