Gitksan

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Gitksan

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Athabaskan language family
Gitksan, a Tsimshianic language spoken to the west, contributed x^wts’a:n or pts’a:n (‘totem pole’), which became ts’an in Witsuwit’en. The Witsuwit’en ləmes ‘mass’ is from the French la messe; məsin ‘copper’ is from the English machine. All extant Athabaskan languages use some English loanwords. French…
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Gitksan, a Tsimshianic language spoken to the west, contributed x^wts’a:n or pts’a:n (‘totem pole’), which became ts’an in Witsuwit’en. The Witsuwit’en ləmes ‘mass’ is from the French la messe; məsin ‘copper’ is from the English machine. All extant Athabaskan languages use some English loanwords. French…
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