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ISO 639-3: tsi

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Other known names and dialect names: Chimmezyan, Coast Tsimshian, Maritime Tsimshianic, Old Klemtu, Sguxs, Sm'algyax, Southern Tsimshian, Tsimpshean, Tsimshean, Zimshian

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINETsimshian Texts. Boas, Franz. 1902. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tsi_vertxt-1
  2. ONLINETsimshian Glossed Text. The Long Now Foundation. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tsi_vertxt-2

Lexical resources

  1. [Northern Wakashan File Slips]. n.a. [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:2014-21.004.002
  2. A practical dictionary of the Coast Tsimshian language. Dunn, John Asher. 1978. Mercury series, 0316-1854. oai:gial.edu:7125

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINE[Tsimshian grammatical notes]. Barrett, S.A. (researcher). [undated]. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:Barrett.010.001
  2. Schulenburg's Tsimshian grammar. Schulenburg, Albrecht Conon, Graf von der, 1865-1902. n.d. Occasional publications in anthropology. no. 8. oai:gial.edu:19312
  3. A reference grammar for the coast Tsimshian language. Dunn, John Asher. 1979. Paper (Canadian Ethnology Service) ; no. 55. oai:gial.edu:7583
  4. ONLINEGlottolog 4.7 Resources for Southern-Coastal Tsimshian. n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:nucl1649
  5. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Southern-Coastal Tsimshian. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:nucl1649
  6. ONLINEThe Languages of Native North America. Mithun, Marianne. 1999. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tsi_morsyn-1
  7. ONLINEA Reference Dictionary and Grammar of the Coast Tsimshian Language. Dunn, John Asher. 1995. Seattle, Washington: Washington University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tsi_ortho-1
  8. ONLINEThe Languages of Native North America. Mithun, Marianne. 1999. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tsi_phon-1
  9. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Tsimshian (Coast). n.a. 2022. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:tsi
  10. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Tsimshian, Coast. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src198

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINECoast Tsimshian Phonology. Dunn, John Asher. 1970. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:222
  2. ONLINEA Reference Grammar for the Coast Tsimshian Language. Dunn, John Asher. 1979. National Museum of Canada. oai:refdb.wals.info:223
  3. ONLINESm'algyax: a reference dictionary and grammar for the Coast Tsimshian language. Dunn, John Asher. 1995. University of Washington Press / Sealaska Heritage Fondation. oai:refdb.wals.info:224
  4. ONLINEObstruent voicing in Gitksan: some implications for distinctive feature theory. Hoard, J. E. 1978. Linguistic Studies of Native Canada. oai:refdb.wals.info:353
  5. ONLINEErgativity in Coast Tsimshian (Sm'algyax). Mulder, Jean Gail. 1988. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:588
  6. ONLINEErgativity in Coast Tsimshian (Sm'algyax). Mulder, Jean Gail. 1994. University of California Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:1107
  7. ONLINETsimshian. Boas, Franz. 1911. Handbook of American Indian Languages 1. oai:refdb.wals.info:1230
  8. ONLINELanguage. Sapir, Edward. 1949. Harcourt and Brace. oai:refdb.wals.info:3018
  9. [Ralph Maud correspondence and bibliography] . Maud, Ralph. 1994. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu: TS978Ma1993b
  10. A key to the Gitksan Alphabet . Hindle, Lonnie. 1972-01-00. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu:ANLC2009
  11. Cumulative Publications List of publications produced or edited by Tupou Pulu or Mary L. Pope for the National Bilingual Materials Development Center or Bilingual Education Dept . Kari, James; Foster, Ann. 2006-05-03. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu:B973Ka2006
  12. Indian Population in the United States and Alaska, 1910 . Bureau of the Census. 1910-1915. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu:G910B1915
  13. Aurora Borealis in Alaska Native Languages . Jacobson, Steven A.; Kari, James; Krauss, Michael E.; Leer, Jeff; Reed, E. Irene. 1980. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu:G974ANLC1980
  14. Haida Indian Songs and Stories . Charleton, Ada; de Laguna, Frederica; Johnson, Jimmie; Johnson, Mrs. Jimmie; Morrison, Nana-Sly; Charles, Lyda; Jones, Billy; Shotridge, Louis. 1964. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu:HA964MC1964
  15. Haida Tape Library, Sheldon Jackson College . Krauss, Michael E. 1996. Alaska Native Language Archive. oai:anla.uaf.edu:HA971K1996
  16. ONLINETsimshian: a language of Canada. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:tsi
  17. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Tsimshian. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_tsi
  18. ONLINEThe Languages of Native North America. Mithun, Marianne. 1999. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_tsi_detail-1

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINETlingit and Yakutat songs. Abraham, Olaf; Bremner, Helen; De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004; Dick, Frank; Ellis, John; George, Annie; Italio, Frank; James, Sheldon; Johnson, Chester, Mrs.; Johnson, Minnie; McClellan, Catharine; Peterson, Clarence; Sampson, Blind; White, Charley; White, Maggy. 1954. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10934
  2. ONLINETsimshian materials, C. F. Voegelin Papers. Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986. Undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10568
  3. ONLINEPenutian materials, C. F. Voegelin Papers. Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986; Bloomfield, Leonard, 1887-1949; Francescato, Giuseppe; Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967. 1952 and undated. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10503
  4. ONLINE Nisga'a materials, Daythal L. Kendall Papers . Tarpent, Marie-Lucie. ca.1989-1997. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10272
  5. ONLINETsimshian material, Field notebooks and anthropometric data. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942. 1886, 1888. Franz Boas early field notebooks and anthropometric data. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9827
  6. ONLINEWilliam Beynon Papers. Beynon, William, 1888-1958; Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; Deloria, Ella Cara; Goldman, Irving, 1911-2002; Tate, Henry W. 1933-1937; 1933-1969. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9804
  7. ONLINETsimshian materials, ACLS collection. Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969; Beynon, William, 1888-1958; Boas, Franz, 1858-1942; Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939; Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975; Susman, Amelia, 1915-; Tate, Henry W. 1893-1895, 1906-1909, 1915, 1920-1940, 1974. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9566
  8. ONLINETsimshian materials, Franz Boas Professional Papers. Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969. Undated. Franz Boas Personal and Professional Papers. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9488
  9. ONLINETsimshian materials, Phillips Fund Collection. Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969; Beynon, William, 1888-1958; Compton, Brian D.; Dunn, John A. 1959-1962, 1970, 1989-1990, 1993-1994. Phillips Fund for Native American Research Collection. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9339

Other known names and dialect names: Chimmezyan, Coast Tsimshian, Maritime Tsimshianic, Old Klemtu, Sguxs, Sm'algyax, Southern Tsimshian, Tsimpshean, Tsimshean, Zimshian

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