Nitinaht is an Indian language of Western Canada spoken along the southwestern littoral of Vancouver Island from Pachena Point to Jordan River. It is related to several other coastal languages which together comprise the Wakashan Language Family.

In October, 1984 the Nuuchanuulth Tribal Council meeting at Tin-wis near Tofino, B.C. proclaimed that the language and people previously known as Nitinaht be called henceforth Ditidaht. The name Ditidaht more closely approximates the name as the Native people say it when speaking in their own language. However, this grammar was prepared several years before the change and, therefore, it uses the older term throughout.

[Information adapted from “An Introduction to Nitinaht Language and Culture” (1981) by John Tl’ishal Thomas and Thomas Hess; Date Accessed: 06/26/2023]