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Nisga'a

Nisga'a is a Tsimshian language spoken in Canada, by about 610 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Nisga'a · 55.2°N 129.2°W

Nisgaʼa (also Nisg̱aʼa, Nass, Nisgha, Nishka, Niska, Nishga, Nisqaʼa) is an Indigenous language of northwestern British Columbia. It is a part of the language family generally called Tsimshianic, although some Nisgaʼa people resent the precedence the term gives to Coast Tsimshian. Nisgaʼa is very closely related to Gitxsan. Indeed, many linguists regard Nisgaʼa and Gitksan as dialects of a single Nass–Gitksan language. The two are generally treated as distinct languages out of deference to the political separation of the two groups.

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Words in Nisga'a

MeaningWordRomanization
personkat*
namewa*
eyecal*
earmuxw*
nosecaq*
toothwen*
tonguetilx*
hand7an7un*
blood7iLe7*
bonecip*
skin7anas*
kneeqisa7*
breastmociks*
livertap*
water7aks*
firemiL*
sunLoqs*
starpilist*
stonelo7p*
mountainsqanist*
treeqan*
leafyans*
night7axkw*
dog7us*
fishhon*
louseciskw*
onekil*
twokilpil*
Iniy*
younin*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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