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For the Tsimshian peoples see Tsimshian, Gitxsan, and Nisga'a Coast Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'álgyax, is a Tsimshianic
language spoken by the Tsimshian nation in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. Sm'algyax means literally
real or true language. Strictly speaking, Tsimshian is not a language indigenous to Alaska, but has been spoken there since
missionary William Duncan moved to Metlakatla on Annette Island in 1887 and took some of the native Canadians with him. A
few Tsimshian also live in Ketchikan. There is much debate over which family the Tsimshianic languages belong to. Many scholars
believe that they are part of the controversial Penutian language stock, which includes languages spoken throughout the Pacific
Northwest and California. Though probable, the existence of a Penutian stock has yet to be definitively proven. Some linguists
still maintain that the Tsimshianic family is not closely related to any North American language. The linguist Tonya Stebbins
estimated the number of speakers of Coast Tsimshian in 2001 as around 400 and in 2003 as 200 or fewer (see references below).
Whichever figure is more accurate, she added in 2003 that most speakers are over 70 in age and very few are under 50. About
50 of an ethnic population of 1,300 Tsimshian in Alaska speak the language. |
Names (more)[ar] التسيمشيان[az] simşyan dili [bn] সিমশিয়ান [bs] tsimšian [br] tsimshian [bg] цимшиански [ca] tsimshià [cs] tsimšijské jazyky [da] tsimshisk [de] Tsimshian-Sprache [el] Τσίμσιαν [en] Coast Tsimshian language [et] tšimši [fa] تسیمشیانی [fi] tsimši [fr] Tsimshian de la côte [gu] સિમ્શિયન [he] טסימשיאן [hi] त्सिमीशियन [hr] tsimshian [hu] csimsiáni [id] Tsimshia [is] tsimsíska [it] tsimshian [ja] チムシュ語 [kn] ಸಿಂಶಿಯನ್ [ks] ژھِمشِیان [ko] 트심시안어 [lo] ຊີມຊີແອນ [lv] cimšiāņu [lt] tsimšian [ml] സിംഷ്യൻ [mr] सिम्शियन [mk] цимшијански [mt] Zimxjan [nl] Tsimshian [nn] tsimshian [nb] tsimshian [or] ତିସିମିସିଆନ୍ [pl] tsimshian [pt] tsimshian [rm] tsimshian [ro] tsimshian [ru] цимшиан [sk] tsimshijské jazyky [sl] tsimščina [es] tsimshiano [sr] Тсимшиан [sv] tsimshian [ta] ட்ஸிம்ஷியன் [te] శింషీయన్ [th] ซิมชีแอน [tr] Tsimshian [uk] цимшиан [vi] Tiếng Tsimshian |
Language type : Living
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