This is the Nisga'a FirstVoices Dictionary.
Also Known As:
Nisga'a, Nishga, Niska', Nisk'a', Nass, Nisgha, Nass-Gitksan, Nisk'a, Nishka, Niska, Nasqa'
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Language and Technology
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language, Culture, and Arts
Language and Technology
Over the last ten years a series of short stories and animated films has been created.
Nisga'a Elder Herbert Morven, retiring Vice Chair of the First Peoples' Cultural Council, expresses
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
331
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
Bibliography of Locations:
2012. "First Peoples' Language Map of British Columbia." edited by First Peoples' Cultural Council. Online: http://www.maps.fphlcc.ca/.
Bibliography of Context:
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages