Southern Tsimshian

Southern Tsimshian
Sgüüx̣s
Native to	Canada
Region	northwest British Columbia
Ethnicity	Tsimshian people
Extinct	2013, with the death of Violet Neasloss
Language family	Tsimshianic Tsimshian Southern Tsimshian
Language codes
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3	(with Coast Tsimshian)
Linguist list	tsi-sou
Glottolog	sout2962

Southern Tsimshian, Sgüüx̣s or Ski:xs, is the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, spoken by the Gitga'ata and Kitasoo Tsimshians in Klemtu, B.C.. It became extinct with the death of the last remaining speaker, Violet Neasloss.

Sgüüx̣s has been described as a highly conservative dialect of Coast Tsimshian. The name Sgüüx̣s means "the language beside."

Several articles on the language were written by Tsimshian specialist John Asher Dunn.

The language is currently being documented with the goal of being able to create new fluent speakers at some time in the future.

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