Explore: Tsimshian Languages

The Tsimshian (/ˈsɪmʃiən/; Tsimshian: Ts'msyen, lit. 'Inside the Skeena River') are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America

independent language family, with four main languages: Coast Tsimshian, Southern Tsimshian, Nisg̱a’a, and Gitksan. The Tsimshianic languages were included

Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'algya̱x, is a dialect of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska

Southern Tsimshian, Sgüüx̣s (pronounced: /skiːxs/) or Sgüümk, is the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, spoken by the Gitga'ata and Kitasoo Tsimshians

Tsimshian mythology is the mythology of the Tsimshian, an Aboriginal people in Canada and a Native American tribe in the United States. The majority of

Ucwalmícwts Siouan languages: Dakȟótiyapi Hohe Nakota Stoney Nakoda Tsimshian languages: Gitxsanimaax Nisg̱a’a Sgüüx̣s Sm'álgyax Wakashan languages: diitiidʔaaʔtx̣

Tsimshian, and others. Even with just a small number of communities that make up the entire population, there were more than 300 different languages that

between five California language families: Maiduan languages Miwok Costanoan languages Wintuan languages Yokutsan languages That original proposal has

dwell the Tsimshian of Lax Kwʼalaams (formerly Port Simpson), who also engaged in the egg-gathering practices. In the Tsimshian languages, the spawn

Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation. Traditional languages spoken at Klemtu are the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, called Southern Tsimshian, and Xaixais, a dialect