Nisga'a language

People	Nisg̱a'a
Language	Nisg̱a'amg̱
Country	Nisg̱a'a La̱xyip

Nisga’a
Nisga’a
Nisg̱a’a, nisqáʔamq
Native to	Canada
Region	Northwest British Columbia (Nisg̱a’a Nation)
Ethnicity	5,495 Nisga'a
Native speakers	470 (2016 census); 1,500 L2 speakers
Language family	Tsimshianic Nass–Gitksan Nisga’a; ;
Writing system	Nisg̱a’a Script (NAPA)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ncg
Glottolog	nisg1240
ELP	Nisga'a
	Nisga'a is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Nisga’a (also Nass, Nisgha, Nisg̱a’a, Nishka, Niska, Nishga, Nisqa’a) is the root Sm'algya̱x language of northwestern British Columbia. Nisga'a people, however, dislike the term Tshimshianic as they feel that it gives precedence to Coast Tsimshian. Nisga’a is very closely related to Gitxsan. Indeed, many linguists regard Nisga’a and Gitksan as dialects of a single Nass–Gitksan language. The two are generally treated as distinct languages out of deference to the political separation of the two groups.

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