Also Known As:
Nishga, Niska', Nisk'a', Nass, Nisgha, Nass-Gitksan, Nisk'a, Nishka, Niska, Nasqa'
Dialects & Varieties
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
Report on the status of B.C. First Nations Languages
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.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
159
Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
6113
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Nisga'a Elder Herbert Morven, retiring Vice Chair of the First Peoples' Cultural Council, expresses
This is an animated film created by Veselin Jungic (SFU), Mark MacLean (UBC), Simon Roy (Victoria, B