• Nisga’a (also Nisg̱a’a, Nass, Nisgha, Nishka, Niska, Nishga, Nisqa’a) is an indigenous language of northwestern British Columbia. It is a part of the...
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    The Nisga’a /ˈnɪsɡɑː/ (Niska), often formerly spelled Nishga or Niska and spelled in the Nisga'a language as Nisg̱a’a (pronounced [nisqaʔa]), are an Indigenous...
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    independent language family, with four main languages: Coast Tsimshian, Southern Tsimshian, Nisg̱a’a, and Gitksan. The Tsimshianic languages were included...
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  • neighboring Nisga’a language. The two groups are, however, politically separate and prefer to refer to Gitxsan and Nisga'a as distinct languages. According...
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    Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park (Nisga'a: Anhluut'ukwsim Lax̲mihl Angwinga'asankswhl Nisg̲a'a) is a provincial park in the Nass River valley...
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    Gitlaxt'aamiks (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    /aɪˈænʃ/, is a Nisga'a village about 100 km (62 mi) north of Terrace, in the heart of the Nass River valley, Canada. It is one of four Nisga'a villages. Though...
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  • language as an official language of the Nation, such as the Nisg̱a’a language by Nisg̱a’a and Inuvialuktun by Inuvialuit. Notably the Cree language is...
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    Stewart, British Columbia (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    near the Alaskan panhandle. In 2021, it had a population of 517. The Nisga'a, who live around the Nass River, called the head of Portland Canal Skam-A-Kounst...
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    Tseax Cone (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    National Topographic System map 103P/2. To the Nisga'a, Tseax Cone is known as Wil Ksi Baxhl Mihl; in their language it means "Where the Fire Ran Out" which...
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  • The Tsetsaut (Nisga'a language: Jits'aawit; in the Tsetsaut language: Wetaŀ or Wetaɬ) were an Athabaskan-speaking group whose territory was around the...
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    Tsimshian (category Articles containing Tsimshian-language text)
    a language, called Sm'algyax, which translates as "real or true tongue". The Tsimshian also speak a language variety similar to Gitxsan and Nisga’a (two...
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    American mink (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    ciyahkehs Menominee: sāhkih Miami-Illinois: šinkohsa Miꞌkmaq: mujpej Nisga'a: lisy̓een Nishnaabemwin: zhaangwesh Nlaka'pamuctsin: c̓əx̣lécn Nuxalk:...
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    Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless...
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    Ging̱olx (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    consists of 1 chief and 5 councillors. The name Ging̱olx comes from the Nisg̱a’a language words meaning "scalp givers." Gin means "to give" and golx means "scalps"...
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  • An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native...
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  • Laxgibuu (category Nisga'a)
    neighboring Gitksan and Nisga'a nations. The name Laxgibuu derives from gibuu, which means wolf in the Gitxsan and Nisga'a languages. In Tsimshian the word...
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  • Nations, primarily Nisga’a and others from northwestern British Columbia. In 2010–2011, 36.4% were classified as English as a second language (ESL) students...
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    Portland Canal (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    southeastern Alaska and British Columbia. The name of the entire inlet in the Nisga'a language is Kʼalii Xkʼalaan, with xkʼalaan meaning "at the back of (someplace)"...
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    Lax̱g̱altsʼap (category Nisga'a villages)
    the Pacific Ocean at Nass Bay. Road access is via the Nisga'a Highway. In the Nisg̱a’a language, Lax̱g̱altsʼap translates to "village on village"—the...
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  • everything known of the language comes from the limited material recorded by Franz Boas in 1894 from two Tsetsaut slaves of the Nisga'a, which is enough to...
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  • long a hunting and trapping area for the Nisga'a, and the name Anyox means “hidden waters” in the Nisga'a language. The first Europeans in the area were...
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  • Common Prayer into the Nisga'a language. He also created several periodicals aimed at Nisga'a audiences, with the assistance of Nisga'a writers and printers...
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  • Mandan language Navajo language — A Duolingo course is available. Resources are also available on Memrise. Nisga’a language Nuu-chah-nulth language Nheengatu...
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  • Laxsgiik (category Nisga'a)
    Nisga'a languages. The chief crest of the Laxsgiik is the Eagle. Beaver and Halibut are also common Laxsgiik crests. Tsimshian, Gitksan, and Nisga'a matrilineal...
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    Inupiaq, Zuni, Hupa, Sm'álgyax, Nisga'a, and Dogrib alphabets, several proposed alphabets for the Venetian language, and the ISO 11940 romanization of...
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    Gitwinksihlkw (category Articles containing Nisga'a-language text)
    (/ˈɡɪtwɪnsɪlk/ GIT-win-silk, /-wɪŋkʃɪsk/ -⁠wink-shisk) formerly Canyon City, is a Nisga'a Village in the Nass River valley of northwestern British Columbia, Canada...
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  • Elsewhere (2001 film) (category Nisga'a-language films)
    Running time 240 minutes (12 episodes) Languages German English Greenlandic Khanty Korowai Kunwinjku Ladakhi Naxi Nisga'a Ojihimba Saami Sardinian Tamashek...
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  • List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin (category Articles containing Cree-language text)
    Aiyansh and New Aiyansh: "early leaves" or "leafing early" in the Nisga'a language Akamina Pass: "mountain pass" in Ktunaxa (Kootenay) Akamina Ridge:...
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  • Cinema Group, a movie theater franchise in Michigan, U.S. Nisga'a language, ISO 639-3 language code ncg This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    Ni'isjoohl totem pole (category Nisga'a)
    The Ni'isjoohl totem pole is a memorial pole created and owned by the Nisga'a people of British Columbia, Canada. The pole had been held in the National...
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