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Sgüüx̣s

Sgüüx̣s proper noun: synonym of Southern Tsimshian (dialect of Tsimshian).

Proper noun

Sgüüx̣s

  1. Synonym of Southern Tsimshian (dialect of Tsimshian)
    • Sgüüx̣s is spoken in the north coast area of B.C.2022, Suzanne Gessner, Tracey Herbert and Aliana Parker, Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages, First Peoples’ Cultural Council, page 57
    • Currently there are two different variations or dialects of Coast Tsimshian (Shm′algyack/Sm’algyax): [...] They include Coast Tsimshian and Sgüüx̣s, Southern Tsimshian spoken on the BC Island of Klemtu, although its last speaker passed away in 2013 [...].2022, Victoria Mckoy, Conversational Shm'algyack (Sm'algyax) audio glossary, Simon Fraser University, page 7
    Synonyms:
    Southern Tsimshian

Synonyms of Sgüüx̣s

  • Southern Tsimshian

Origin of Sgüüx̣s

Unadapted borrowing from Tsimshian Sgüüx̣s

Questions about Sgüüx̣s

What does Sgüüx̣s mean?
Sgüüx̣s means synonym of Southern Tsimshian (dialect of Tsimshian).
What part of speech is Sgüüx̣s?
Sgüüx̣s is a proper noun.

Words near Sgüüx̣s in the dictionary

  1. SgtMajMarCor
  2. Sgts
  3. sgudal
  4. sgurr
  5. sgurrs
  6. Sgüüx̣s
  7. sh
  8. sh sound
  9. sh sounds
  10. sh!t
  11. sh!thole

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