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Nuxálk
A Salishan language spoken in the vicinity of the Canadian town of Bella Coola, known for long strings of obstruents without any intervening vowels, such as clhp’xwlhtlhplhhskwts’ /çɬpʼχʷɬtɬpɬːskʷt͡sʼ/.