Southern Tsimshian dialect explained
| Southern Tsimshian |
| Nativename: | Tsimshian: Sgüüx̣s |
| States: | Canada |
| Region: | northwest British Columbia |
| Ethnicity: | Tsimshian people |
| Extinct: | 2013, with the death of Violet Neasloss |
| Ref: | [1] [2] [3] |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Tsimshianic |
| Fam2: | Maritime Tsimshian |
| Iso2: | tsi |
| Iso3: | tsi |
| Iso3comment: | (with Coast Tsimshian) |
| Linglist: | tsi-sou |
| Glotto: | sout2962 |
| Glottorefname: | Southern Tsimshian |
| Revived: | 4 learners (2018) |
| Map: | File:Tsimshianic_map.svg |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /tsi/ |
Southern Tsimshian, Tsimshian: Sgüüx̣s (pronounced: pronounced as //skiːxs//[5]) or Tsimshian: Sgüümk, is the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, spoken by the Gitga'ata and Kitasoo Tsimshians in Klemtu, B.C. It became extinct with the death of the last remaining speaker, Violet Neasloss.
Tsimshian: Sgüüx̣s is close to Coast Tsimshian and has been described[6] as a highly conservative dialect, however the two may not have been mutually intelligible with Coast Tsimshian.[7] The name Tsimshian: Sgüüx̣s means "the language beside."
Specialist John Asher Dunn wrote several articles on the language,[8] from which the term Southern Tsimshian arose.[9]
Notes and References
- Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages. 3rd. 2018. Britt. Dunlop. Suzanne. Gessner. Tracey . Herbert . Aliana . Parker. First People's Cultural Council.
- Web site: An amazing woman has gone to sleep, and her language with her • r/linguistics. reddit. 18 December 2013 . 2 May 2017.
- Web site: Visiting with Violet Neasloss in Klemtu. muskwatch. 17 December 2013. 2 May 2017. YouTube.
- Armstrong . Chelsey Geralda . Lyons . Natasha . McAlvay . Alex C. . Ritchie . Patrick Morgan . Lepfsky . Dana . Blake . Michael . Historical ecology of forest garden management in Laxyuubm Ts'msyen and beyond . Ecosystems and People . 2023 . 19 . 1 . 10.1080/26395916.2022.2160823 . free .
- Web site: The South Tsimshian Language. yldi.org. 23 September 2021.
- Book: Mithun
, Marianne
. Cambridge University Press. 0-521-29875-X. The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge Language Surveys. 525. 2001.
- Book: Marjorie. Halpin. Margaret. Seguin. Handbook of North American Indians. Tsimshian Peoples: Southern Tsimshian, Coast Tsimshian, Nishga, and Gitksan. 267. 1990. 7.
- Web site: South Tsimshian Bibliography. ydli.org. 21 January 2011.
- Book: Menzies, Charles. People of the Saltwater: An Ethnography of Git Lax M'oon. 2016. 9780803291706. University of Nebraska Press.
