Gitksan

Gitksan (git) is an Interior Tsimshianic language spoken in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is closely related to Nis g a'a, and more distantly related to Coast Tsimshian and Southern Tsimshian. The specific dialect of Gitksan presented here is what can be called Eastern Gitksan, spok...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the International Phonetic Association
Main Authors: Brown, Jason, Davis, Henry, Schwan, Michael, Sennott, Barbara
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
Subjects:
British Columbia
Canada
Gitanyow
Glen Vowell
Hazelton
Kispiox
Kitseguecla
Kitwanga
Tahltan
Dakelh
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025100315000432
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025100315000432
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Summary:Gitksan (git) is an Interior Tsimshianic language spoken in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is closely related to Nis g a'a, and more distantly related to Coast Tsimshian and Southern Tsimshian. The specific dialect of Gitksan presented here is what can be called Eastern Gitksan, spoken in the villages of Kispiox (Ansbayaxw), Glen Vowell (Sigit'o x ), and Hazelton (Git-an'maaxs), which contrasts with the Western dialects, spoken in the villages of Kitwanga (Gitwin g a x ), Gitanyow (Git-anyaaw), and Kitseguecla (Gijigyukwhla). The primary phonological differences between the dialects are a lexical shift in vowels and the presence of stop lenition in the Eastern dialects. While there exists a dialect continuum, the primary cultural and political distinction drawn is between Eastern and Western Gitksan. For reference, Gitksan is bordered on the west by Nis g a'a, in the south by Coast Tsimshian and Witsuwit'en, in the east by Dakelh and Sekani, and in the north by Tahltan (the latter four of these being Athabaskan languages).

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