Is land ▁dialect ) ▁H ul qu min um ▁or ▁Island ▁H alk ome lem ▁was ▁spoken ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁of ▁Georgia ▁Stra ight , ▁and ▁is ▁most ▁identified ▁with ▁the ▁▁ ▁Cow ich an ▁ ▁the ▁Cow ich an ▁design ation ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁groups ▁forming ▁the ▁Cow ich an ▁Trib es ▁band ▁government , ▁the ▁Qu w uts un , ▁whose ▁ge ographic ▁focus ▁is ▁the ▁Cow ich an ▁Valley , ▁but ▁other ▁H alk ome lem - spe akers ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁were ▁also ▁considered ▁Cow ich an ; ▁the ▁S na w - na - ass ▁( N ano ose ▁Bay ) ▁and ▁Sn ene ym ux ▁( N ana imo ) ▁pe op les ▁were ▁H ul qu min um ▁speak ers ▁were ▁separate ▁from ▁the ▁Cow ich an . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁this ▁term ▁or ▁the ▁variant ▁" C ow id gin " ▁was ▁applied ▁to ▁all ▁H alk ome lem - spe aking ▁groups ▁and ▁certain ▁others ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Sk wx w u 7 mes h ▁and ▁Sem ia hm oo . ▁ ▁On ▁V ancouver ▁Island ▁and ▁the ▁G ulf ▁Islands , ▁other ▁Cow ich an ▁groups ▁are ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Hal alt , ▁Mal ah at , ▁Pen el ak ut , ▁Ly ack son ▁and ▁Lam al cha . ▁ ▁Lake ▁Cow ich an ▁ ▁Mal ah at ▁( the ▁M Á LE X E <0xC8> <0xBD> ▁speak ▁both ▁H