Oowekyala ,William C. Sturtevant, 1978. Handbook of North American Indians: Northwest Coast também chamada Ooweekeeno e Wuikyala (seu endônimo), é um dialeto (ou uma sublíngua) do idioma Heiltsuk-Oowekyala, uma língua Wakashan Setentrional que já foi falada (hoje quase extinta em torno da assentamento indígena Rivers Inlet e do lago Owikeno, litoral da Colúmbia Britânica. Seus falantes são os Wuikinuxv da nação indígena com mesmo nome.
O nome pode ser escrito como Wuikala, Wuikenukv, Oweekeno, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oowekeeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, Oowek'yala, Oweek'ala. Fonologia Consoantes São 45 as consoantes Oowkyala: Labial Alveolar Velar Uvular glotalcentrallateralsibilanteplanalabialplanalabial PlosivasonoraNot . Howe (2000:24)aspiradaejetiva Fricativa Sonorantecurta longa glotalizada Fonologicamente, as africadas são tratadas como oclusivas, as nasais e os aproximantes são tratadas como sonorantes. Além disso, e são também tratadas como sonorantes. Vogais Oowekyala tem fonemas vogais curtos, longos e glotalizados: Anteriort Central Posterior curta longa glotalizada curta longa glotalizada curta longa glotalizada Fechada Medial Aberta Sílabas Oowekyala, assim como a língua nuxalk (Bella Coola), permite longas seqüências de obstruentes, como na seguinte palavra de 7 obstruentes: 'o invisível aqui-comigo será curto' (Howe 2000: 5) Notas
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