'Wii Nigwoodi'm, dit'aat ts'im laxhagi,
Enhaxbahoo' osxwhl wen.
Am dim aat' ikshl hlikingdomin
Ii 'nithl wihl hasagootxwin lax ha'niijok.
Gi'namhl amhl gabiihl wineex loo'm se tun,
Mi ii saa gimgihl hlahadit' akxu'm.
'Nithl mi wila saa gimgihl hlahadit' akxwhl dip
'nidiit enhlibiltwiltxu'm.
Ha'w mi ji dii dixdee' ntxu'm ts'im ensbeltgoot.
K'ex xsi dimootxu'm ehl hat' akxw,
A wil 'niin wilt ehl kingdom, daxget, ganhl
enhlo' omsxw ehl nee dim dii ax dii saa bahat.
'Nit dim gan wilt.
The Gitxan language is a derivative of the Athabascan language; the Gitxan people have lived along the shores of the Skeena River in what is now known as North Western British Columbia, Canada.
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