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A Short Practical Dictionary of the Gitksan Language
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Language Name
Gitxsan.
Alternate Language Names
Gitksan, Gitxsanimaax, Gitikshan, Gityskyan, Giklsan.
Region
British Columbia, Canada.
Who
Lonnie Hindle; Bruce Rigsby.
Others Involved
Chris Harris, Jonathan Johnson, Sarah Hindle, Wallace Morgan, and Johnson Williams (Speakers); Sarah and Bernard Hindle (Financial Contribution).
Publishing Information
Published 1973. Reprinted from Northwest Anthropological Research Notes, Vol. 7, No. 1., Moscow, Idaho.
How People are Cited
Speakers and contributors are cited in the Co-author Acknowledgement section at the beginning of the dictionary.
How Information is Cited
Information is cited in the Co-author Acknowledgement section at the beginning of the dictionary.
Where is Information Coming from
The information in this dictionary comes from speakers.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical book and digital book.
Access
The physical dictionary is available through libraries. The digital copy of the dictionary is open access.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Gitxsan.
Dialects Included
This dictionary included the dialects spoken in Hazelton and Kispiox.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, monodirectional wordlist, introduced by a brief grammar. It is followed by several appendixes.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by English. Entries include the English headword, Gitxsan translation, and the part of speech.
Information in the appendixes is sorted topically according to numbers, pronominals, and kinship terms.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ❌ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
The digitized copy of the dictionary is a PDF scan of the physical dictionary, and has handwritten markings in the margins.
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/25435008
The digitized copy of the dictionary on the Alaska Native Language Archive: https://www.uaf.edu/anla/record.php?identifier=TS971HR1972
The digitized copy of the dictionary on the Gitxsan Language Resources page of the Gitxsan Language website: http://www.gitxsansimalgyax.com/dictionaries.html
The direct link to the PDF via the Gitxsan Language website: http://www.gitxsansimalgyax.com/uploads/7/8/1/3/78136032/dictionary_hindle_rigsby_searchable.pdf