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For the Tsimshian peoples see Tsimshian Gitxsan and Nisga’aCoast Tsimshian known by its speakers as Sm’álgyax is a dialect of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. Sm’algyax means literally real or true language.Strictly speaking Tsimshian is not a language indigenous to Alaska but has been spoken there since missionary William Duncan moved to Metlakatla on Annette Island in 1887 and took some of the native Canadians with him.
