Gitxsan language

Gitxsan language

Infobox Language
name=Gitxsan
nativename=Gitxsanimaax
states=Canada
region=Skeena region, British Columbia
speakers=1,000
iso1=
iso2= tsi
iso3= git
familycolor=American
fam1= Tsimshian
fam2=Nass-Gitksan languages

Gitxsan (or Gitxsanimaax) is a First Nations language of northwestern British Columbia. It is a Tsimshianic language, closely related to the neighboring Nisga'a language. The two groups are, however, politically separate and prefer to refer to Gitxsan and Nisga'a as distinct languages. Gitxsanimaax is an endangered language, currently estimated to have no more than 1,000speakers, of whom the great majority are elders. Few if any children grow up speaking it at home.

Bibliography

*Halpin, Marjorie, and Margaret Seguin (1990) "Tsimshian Peoples: Southern Tsimshian, Coast Tsimshian, Nishga, and Gitksan." In "Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 7: Northwest Coast," ed. by Wayne Suttles, pp. 267-284. Washington: Smithsonian Institution).
*Hindle, Lonnie and Bruce Rigsby (1973) "A short practical dictionary of the Gitksan language," Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 1:1-60.
*Rigsby, Bruce (1986) Gitksan Grammar. Unpublished manuscript, University of Queensland, Australia.

External links

* [http://www.gitxsan.com Official website of the Gitxsan People]
* [http://www.firstvoices.ca/scripts/WebObjects.exe/FirstVoices.woa/wa/enterLanguageArchive?archive=02d830a123efe761 First Voices Gitsenimx̱ community language portal]


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