Nisga’a (also
Nass,
Nisgha, ,
Nishka,
Niska,
Nishga,
Nisqa’a) is a
Tsimshianic language of the
Nisga'a people of northwestern
British Columbia. Nisga'a people, however, do not like the term
Tshimshianic as they feel that it gives precedence to
Coast Tsimshian. Nisga’a is very closely related to
Gitksan. Indeed, many linguists regard Nisga’a and Gitksan as dialects of a single Nass–Gitksan language. The two are generally treated as distinct languages out of deference to the political separation of the two groups.