Tsimshianic languages
E89863
Tsimshianic languages are a small family of Indigenous languages spoken primarily by the Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, especially in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.
Aliases (3)
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
→
language family → |
| alternativeName |
Tsimshian languages
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|
| endangeredStatus |
endangered
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|
| ethnicGroup |
Gitxsan
→
Nisga’a NERFINISHED → Tsimshian NERFINISHED → |
| geneticRelation |
often considered a separate family
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|
| geographicDistribution |
Alaska Panhandle
→
Prince Rupert area → northwestern British Columbia → |
| hasPart |
Coast Tsimshian
NERFINISHED
→
Gitxsan → Nisga’a NERFINISHED → Southern Tsimshian NERFINISHED → |
| ISOClassification |
contains multiple ISO 639-3 coded languages
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|
| languageFamilyStatus |
small language family
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|
| languageRevitalization |
subject of revitalization efforts
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|
| linguisticTypology |
head-marking
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polysynthetic → |
| possibleRelation |
sometimes grouped in Penutian hypotheses
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| primaryCountry |
Canada
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|
| region |
Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
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|
| secondaryCountry |
United States
NERFINISHED
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| spokenBy |
Tsimshian peoples
NERFINISHED
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|
| spokenIn |
British Columbia
→
Canada → United States → southeastern Alaska → |
| subclassOf |
Native American language family
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|
| UNESCOStatus |
severely endangered (for several member languages)
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|
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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|
Referenced by (15)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Alaska Natives
→
First Nations → Gitxsan → Tsimshian → |
languageFamily |
|
Penutian languages
→
Penutian phylum ("Tsimshianic") → |
hasSubgroup |
|
Sm’álgyax
("Tsimshian language")
→
|
alternateName |
|
Tsimshianic languages
("Tsimshian languages")
→
|
alternativeName |
|
North Coast of British Columbia
→
|
hasLanguageFamily |
|
Metlakatla, British Columbia
("Tsimshian language")
→
|
hasNameOrigin |
|
Indigenous languages of Canada
→
|
hasType |
|
Penutian phylum
→
|
includes |
|
Alaska Natives
("Tsimshian language")
→
|
includesLanguage |
|
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
→
|
languageFamilies |
|
Metlakatla, Alaska
→
|
primaryLanguageHistorically |