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== Dialects ==

Gitxsan language is primarily separated into Eastern and Western Gitxsan, although each village has its own dialect. The Eastern villages include Kispiox (Ansbayaxw), Glen Vowell (Sigit'ox), and Hazelton (Git-an'maaxs). The Western villages include Kitwanga (Gjtwjngax), Gitanyow (Git-antaaw) and Kitseguecla (Gijigyukwhla). The main differences between dialects include a lexical shift in vowels and stop lenition use present only in the Eastern dialects. The largest differences in language and culture exist between Eastern and Western Gitxsan, rather than between each village.<ref name="IPA">{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Brown |firstfirst1=Jason |last2=Davis |first2=Henry |last3=Schwan |first3=Michael |last4=Sennott |first4=Barbara |date=2016 |title=Gitksan |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |language=en |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=367–378 |doi=10.1017/S0025100315000432|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== History and usage ==

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==Phonology==

The Gitxsan inventory is as follows:<ref name=IPA/><ref>{{Cite journal |lastlast1=Rigsby |firstfirst1=Bruce |last2=Ingram |first2=John |date=1990 |title=Obstruent Voicing and Glottalic Obstruents in Gitksan |journal=International Journal of American Linguistics |language=en |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=251–263 |doi=10.1086/466152 |jstor=1265131|s2cid=143894491 }}</ref>

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==Further reading==

* {{Cite book |lastlast1=Bicevskis |firstfirst1=Katie |title=Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language |last2=Davis |first2=Henry |last3=Matthewson |first3=Lisa |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-44328-7 |editor-last=Paperno |editor-first=Denis |series=Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy |volume=II |pages=281–382 |chapter=Quantification in Gitksan |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-44330-0_6 |editor-last2=Keenan |editor-first2=Edward L.}}

* {{Cite journal |lastlast1=Brown |firstfirst1=Jason |last2=Davis |first2=Henry |last3=Schwan |first3=Michael |last4=Sennott |first4=Barbara |date=2016 |title=Gitksan |department=Illustrations of the IPA |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |language=en |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=367–378 |doi=10.1017/S0025100315000432 |doi-access=free}}

* [[Marjorie Halpin|Halpin, Marjorie]], and Margaret Seguin (1990) "Tsimshian Peoples: Southern Tsimshian, Coast Tsimshian, Nishga, and Gitksan." In ''Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 7: Northwest Coast,'' ed. by Wayne Suttles, pp.&nbsp;267–284. Washington: Smithsonian Institution).