Harsunan Tsimshianic

Harsunan Tsimshianic dangin harsuna ne da ake magana da su a arewa maso yammacin British Columbia da kuma kudu maso gabashin Alaska a Tsibirin Annette da Ketchikan . Duk harsunan Tsimshianic suna cikin hatsari, wasu kuma suna da masu magana da kusan 400 kacal. Kimanin mutane 2,170 ne kawai daga cikin 'yan / Tsimshian / ˈsɪm ʃiən / a Kanada har yanzu suna jin yaren Tsimshian;  kimanin mutane 50 daga cikin mutane 1,300 na Tsimshian da ke zaune a Alaska har yanzu suna jin yaren Tsimshian .   Yawancin masana harsuna suna ɗaukar harsunan Tsimshianic a matsayin dangin harshe mai zaman kansa, tare da manyan harsuna guda huɗu: Tsimshian na Teku, Tsimshian na Kudancin Tsimshian, Nisg̱a'a, da Gitksan. 

Edward Sapir ya haɗa harsunan Tsimshianic a cikin hasashensa na Penutian, wanda a halin yanzu ba a yarda da shi sosai ba, aƙalla a cikin cikakken sigarsa. Marie-Lucie Tarpent ta sake kimanta alaƙar Penutian da Tsimshianic, wacce ta ga cewa ra'ayin yana da yuwuwa,  kodayake wasu sun yarda cewa dangin Tsimshianic ba su da alaƙa da kowace yaren Arewacin Amurka.  

 Sashen iyali 

Ana magana da Coast Tsimshian tare da ƙananan Kogin Skeena a Arewa maso yammacin British Columbia, a wasu tsibirai makwabta, da kuma arewa a New Metlakatla, Alaska. Kudancin Tsimshian an yi magana a tsibirin da ke kudu da Kogin Skeena a ƙauyen Klemtu; duk da haka, ya ƙare a cikin 2013 tare da mutuwar mai magana na ƙarshe. Ana magana da Nisga'a a gefen Kogin Nass . Ana magana da Gitksan a gefen Kogin Upper Skeena a kusa da Hazelton da sauran yankuna.

Ya zuwa 2023, ana samun darussan Tsimshian a Jami'ar Alaska ta Kudu maso Gabas.

 Fasahar sauti 
Lissafin ƙamus na Proto-Tsimshian: 

 Tsimshian
 Nisga'a
 Gitxsan

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