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Southern Tsimshian, Sgüüx̣s[note 1] (pronounced: /skiːxs/[8]) or Sgüümk,[6] 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.
| Southern Tsimshian | |
|---|---|
| Sgüüx̣s, Sgüümk | |
| Pronunciation | [skiːxs] |
| Native to | Canada |
| Region | northwest British Columbia |
| Ethnicity | Tsimshian people |
| Extinct | 2013, with the death of Violet Neasloss[1][2] |
| Revival | 4 learners (2018)[1] |
Tsimshianic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | tsi |
| ISO 639-3 | tsi (with Coast Tsimshian) |
tsi-sou | |
| Glottolog | sout2962 |
| ELP | Ski:xs (Southern Tsimshian) |
 Southern Tsimshian | |
| People | Ts’msyan |
|---|---|
| Language | Sgüüx̣s |
| Country | La̱xyuubm Ts’msyen[3] |
Sgüüx̣s is close to Coast Tsimshian and has been described[9] as a highly conservative dialect, however the two may not have been mutually intelligible with Coast Tsimshian.[10] The name Sgüüx̣s means "the language beside."
Specialist John Asher Dunn wrote several articles on the language,[11] from which the term Southern Tsimshian arose.[12]
Notes
editFurther reading
edit- 1 2 Dunlop, Britt; Gessner, Suzanne; Herbert, Tracey; Parker, Aliana (2018). Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages (PDF) (Report) (3rd ed.). First People's Cultural Council.
- ↑ "Culture". Spirit Bear Lodge. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ↑ Armstrong, Chelsey Geralda; Lyons, Natasha; McAlvay, Alex C.; Ritchie, Patrick Morgan; Lepfsky, Dana; Blake, Michael (2023). "Historical ecology of forest garden management in Laxyuubm Ts'msyen and beyond". Ecosystems and People. 19 (1). doi:10.1080/26395916.2022.2160823.
- ↑ Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, ed. (18 January 2018). The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780191077401.
- ↑ Mithun, Marianne (4 November 1999). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107392809.
- 1 2 Margaret Seguin, ed. (1993). The Tsimshian: Images of the Past, Views for the Present. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774804738.
- ↑ Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages. Taylor & Francis. 2 February 2018. ISBN 9781317413899.
- ↑ "The South Tsimshian Language". yldi.org. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ↑ Mithun, Marianne (2001). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge University Press. p. 525. ISBN 0-521-29875-X.
- ↑ Halpin, Marjorie; Seguin, Margaret (1990). "Tsimshian Peoples: Southern Tsimshian, Coast Tsimshian, Nishga, and Gitksan". Handbook of North American Indians (PDF). Vol. 7. p. 267.
- ↑ "South Tsimshian Bibliography". ydli.org. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ↑ Menzies, Charles (2016). People of the Saltwater: An Ethnography of Git Lax M'oon. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803291706.