Southern Tsimshian or Sgüüx̣s is the southern dialect of the Coast Tsimshian language, spoken by the Gitga'ata

Gitga'ata

The Gitga'ata are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian nation in British Columbia, Canada, and inhabit the village of Hartley Bay, British Columbia, the name of which in the Tsimshian language is Txałgiu. The name Gitga'ata in the Tsimshian language means "people of the cane"...

 and Kitasoo

Kitasoo

The Kitasoo are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian people in Canada, who inhabit, along with Xai'xais people of Heiltsuk ethnic affiliation, the village of Klemtu, British Columbia. The name Kitasoo derives from the Tsimshian name Gidestsu, from git- and disdzuu, which refers to a large,...

 Tsimshians in Klemtu, B.C.

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

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Today the language has just one fluent speaker.

Sgüüx̣s has been described as a highly conservative dialect of Coast Tsimshian

Coast Tsimshian

Coast Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'algyax, is a Tsimshianic language spoken by the Tsimshian nation in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska...

. The name Sgüüx̣s means "the language beside."

Several articles on the language were written by Tsimshian specialist John Asher Dunn

John Asher Dunn

John Asher Dunn is an American linguist who created the first academic dictionary and grammar of the Tsimshian language, an American Indian language of northwestern British Columbia and southeast Alaska....

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The language is currently being documented with the goal of being able to create new fluent speakers at some time in the future.