Indigenous Language Learning & Resources:
FirstVoices: www.firstvoices.com
Language Conservancy: languageconservancy.org
Education: www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/ressource...
Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization (SILR): silr.ca
Additional Resources: www.canada.ca/en/services/...
FirstVoices: www.firstvoices.com
Language Conservancy: languageconservancy.org
Education: www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/ressource...
Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization (SILR): silr.ca
Additional Resources: www.canada.ca/en/services/...
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Indigenous Language Learning & Resources:
FirstVoices: www.firstvoices.com
Language Conservancy: languageconservancy.org
Education: www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/ressource...
Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization (SILR): silr.ca
Additional Resources: www.canada.ca/en/services/...
FirstVoices: www.firstvoices.com
Language Conservancy: languageconservancy.org
Education: www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/ressource...
Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization (SILR): silr.ca
Additional Resources: www.canada.ca/en/services/...
✨ Let’s learn some words together.
Language carries culture, identity, teachings, and connection to the land. Residents are encouraged to explore FirstVoices to learn more about Indigenous languages, including Secwepemctsín, the language of the Secwépemc people.
Language carries culture, identity, teachings, and connection to the land. Residents are encouraged to explore FirstVoices to learn more about Indigenous languages, including Secwepemctsín, the language of the Secwépemc people.
September 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
✨ Let’s learn some words together.
Language carries culture, identity, teachings, and connection to the land. Residents are encouraged to explore FirstVoices to learn more about Indigenous languages, including Secwepemctsín, the language of the Secwépemc people.
Language carries culture, identity, teachings, and connection to the land. Residents are encouraged to explore FirstVoices to learn more about Indigenous languages, including Secwepemctsín, the language of the Secwépemc people.
Fabulous resource for Indigenous languages www.firstvoices.com
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March 2, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Fabulous resource for Indigenous languages www.firstvoices.com
Today is #EducationTechnologyDay!
FirstVoices is an excellent example of the important role that technology plays in education for both students, teachers & mentors.
Discover more by visiting FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #languageapp #languageback #languagelearning #edtech
FirstVoices is an excellent example of the important role that technology plays in education for both students, teachers & mentors.
Discover more by visiting FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #languageapp #languageback #languagelearning #edtech
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today is #EducationTechnologyDay!
FirstVoices is an excellent example of the important role that technology plays in education for both students, teachers & mentors.
Discover more by visiting FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #languageapp #languageback #languagelearning #edtech
FirstVoices is an excellent example of the important role that technology plays in education for both students, teachers & mentors.
Discover more by visiting FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #languageapp #languageback #languagelearning #edtech
Here in northwestern BC working on a story about Indigenous-led burning and have come across this gorgeous library of just a few of Canada's Indigenous language. Words, phrases, songs, recordings... www.firstvoices.com/languages
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April 17, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Here in northwestern BC working on a story about Indigenous-led burning and have come across this gorgeous library of just a few of Canada's Indigenous language. Words, phrases, songs, recordings... www.firstvoices.com/languages
HlGaagilda Xaayda Kil Naay (Skidegate dialect of the Haida language).
#Indigenouslanguage #haida #xaaydakil
www.firstvoices.com/hlgaagilda-x...
#Indigenouslanguage #haida #xaaydakil
www.firstvoices.com/hlgaagilda-x...
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April 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
HlGaagilda Xaayda Kil Naay (Skidegate dialect of the Haida language).
#Indigenouslanguage #haida #xaaydakil
www.firstvoices.com/hlgaagilda-x...
#Indigenouslanguage #haida #xaaydakil
www.firstvoices.com/hlgaagilda-x...
We Don't Trust Those Mobiles: critical reflections on generative AI for minoritised languages and new ways forward. Presentation delivered at LT4All (Paris, February 2025) #IndigenousLanguages #firstvoices #NLP #ethics
bit.ly/bird-lt4all-...
bit.ly/bird-lt4all-...
bird-lt4all-we-dont-trust-those-mobiles.mp4
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March 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We Don't Trust Those Mobiles: critical reflections on generative AI for minoritised languages and new ways forward. Presentation delivered at LT4All (Paris, February 2025) #IndigenousLanguages #firstvoices #NLP #ethics
bit.ly/bird-lt4all-...
bit.ly/bird-lt4all-...
February 21 is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay!
We are honoured to support the 36 First Nations languages in B.C. with our language program, FirstVoices platform and a digital library of language resources.
📚 Learn more by visiting, fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...
#IMLD @e-l-p.bsky.social
We are honoured to support the 36 First Nations languages in B.C. with our language program, FirstVoices platform and a digital library of language resources.
📚 Learn more by visiting, fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...
#IMLD @e-l-p.bsky.social
February 20, 2026 at 5:18 PM
February 21 is #InternationalMotherLanguageDay!
We are honoured to support the 36 First Nations languages in B.C. with our language program, FirstVoices platform and a digital library of language resources.
📚 Learn more by visiting, fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...
#IMLD @e-l-p.bsky.social
We are honoured to support the 36 First Nations languages in B.C. with our language program, FirstVoices platform and a digital library of language resources.
📚 Learn more by visiting, fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...
#IMLD @e-l-p.bsky.social
Sunday, May 10th is #MothersDay! 🌷
We honour all of the matriarchs and women in our lives who lead with love.❤️
📲 Discover how to say ‘mom’ or ‘I love you’ in your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #BCFirstNations #LanguageBack #LanguageRevitalization
We honour all of the matriarchs and women in our lives who lead with love.❤️
📲 Discover how to say ‘mom’ or ‘I love you’ in your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #BCFirstNations #LanguageBack #LanguageRevitalization
May 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Sunday, May 10th is #MothersDay! 🌷
We honour all of the matriarchs and women in our lives who lead with love.❤️
📲 Discover how to say ‘mom’ or ‘I love you’ in your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #BCFirstNations #LanguageBack #LanguageRevitalization
We honour all of the matriarchs and women in our lives who lead with love.❤️
📲 Discover how to say ‘mom’ or ‘I love you’ in your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FirstVoices #BCFirstNations #LanguageBack #LanguageRevitalization
Here’s four different speakers pronouncing it! www.firstvoices.com/hailzaqvla/w... Have fun practicing! ✨
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December 20, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Here’s four different speakers pronouncing it! www.firstvoices.com/hailzaqvla/w... Have fun practicing! ✨
Have you downloaded the #FirstVoices Keyboard App yet? 📲
👉🏾 Download the FREE app by visiting firstvoices.com/keyboards and share this post with your community!
#BCFirstNations #languageapp #keyboardapp
👉🏾 Download the FREE app by visiting firstvoices.com/keyboards and share this post with your community!
#BCFirstNations #languageapp #keyboardapp
August 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Have you downloaded the #FirstVoices Keyboard App yet? 📲
👉🏾 Download the FREE app by visiting firstvoices.com/keyboards and share this post with your community!
#BCFirstNations #languageapp #keyboardapp
👉🏾 Download the FREE app by visiting firstvoices.com/keyboards and share this post with your community!
#BCFirstNations #languageapp #keyboardapp
You can hear audio files for pronunciation of the Haíɫzaqvḷa orthography here: www.firstvoices.com/hailzaqvla/a...
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December 20, 2024 at 2:55 AM
You can hear audio files for pronunciation of the Haíɫzaqvḷa orthography here: www.firstvoices.com/hailzaqvla/a...
This National Indigenous History Month, we celebrate the strength of First Nations, Inuit & Métis language revitalization.
From immersion schools to apps like @FirstVoices, communities are reclaiming their voices.
Let’s uplift this vital work.
From immersion schools to apps like @FirstVoices, communities are reclaiming their voices.
Let’s uplift this vital work.
June 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This National Indigenous History Month, we celebrate the strength of First Nations, Inuit & Métis language revitalization.
From immersion schools to apps like @FirstVoices, communities are reclaiming their voices.
Let’s uplift this vital work.
From immersion schools to apps like @FirstVoices, communities are reclaiming their voices.
Let’s uplift this vital work.
Sunday, June 21st is Father’s Day!
We’re celebrating fathers, grandfathers and all those who take on the role of dads. 👏🏾 ❤️
How do you say “Dad” in your language?
📲 Discover your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FathersDay #FathersDay2026 #FirstVoices
We’re celebrating fathers, grandfathers and all those who take on the role of dads. 👏🏾 ❤️
How do you say “Dad” in your language?
📲 Discover your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FathersDay #FathersDay2026 #FirstVoices
June 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Sunday, June 21st is Father’s Day!
We’re celebrating fathers, grandfathers and all those who take on the role of dads. 👏🏾 ❤️
How do you say “Dad” in your language?
📲 Discover your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FathersDay #FathersDay2026 #FirstVoices
We’re celebrating fathers, grandfathers and all those who take on the role of dads. 👏🏾 ❤️
How do you say “Dad” in your language?
📲 Discover your First Nations language by using FirstVoices.com
#FathersDay #FathersDay2026 #FirstVoices
What do you think of this one?
I only speak English, Spanish, Catalan, & Italian but not Sicilian (a dying-out language) so I'm not sure of these resources but they look good. What do you think?
Indigenous American languages are treasures & I hope the communities can save them.
I only speak English, Spanish, Catalan, & Italian but not Sicilian (a dying-out language) so I'm not sure of these resources but they look good. What do you think?
Indigenous American languages are treasures & I hope the communities can save them.
FirstVoices.com
Check this out on FirstVoices: Indigenous Language Revitalization Platform
www.firstvoices.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What do you think of this one?
I only speak English, Spanish, Catalan, & Italian but not Sicilian (a dying-out language) so I'm not sure of these resources but they look good. What do you think?
Indigenous American languages are treasures & I hope the communities can save them.
I only speak English, Spanish, Catalan, & Italian but not Sicilian (a dying-out language) so I'm not sure of these resources but they look good. What do you think?
Indigenous American languages are treasures & I hope the communities can save them.
The SENĆOŦEN youtube channel has lessons for the alphabet sounds. And at firstvoices.com you can see/hear pronunciations. 28x repetition per letter/word for it to stick in your memory and then use it or lose it!
I try to do 30min/day, even if it’s talking to myself cause I do that anyway. 😆
I try to do 30min/day, even if it’s talking to myself cause I do that anyway. 😆
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August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The SENĆOŦEN youtube channel has lessons for the alphabet sounds. And at firstvoices.com you can see/hear pronunciations. 28x repetition per letter/word for it to stick in your memory and then use it or lose it!
I try to do 30min/day, even if it’s talking to myself cause I do that anyway. 😆
I try to do 30min/day, even if it’s talking to myself cause I do that anyway. 😆
Check out the SENĆOŦEN youtube channel! It’s made for beginners and features lesson plans and skits etc. by the teachers at ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱.
Also check out FirstVoices.com for other languages - some have lesson plans/games as well as dictionaries.
Also check out FirstVoices.com for other languages - some have lesson plans/games as well as dictionaries.
FirstVoices.com
Check this out on FirstVoices: Indigenous Language Revitalization Platform
FirstVoices.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Check out the SENĆOŦEN youtube channel! It’s made for beginners and features lesson plans and skits etc. by the teachers at ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱.
Also check out FirstVoices.com for other languages - some have lesson plans/games as well as dictionaries.
Also check out FirstVoices.com for other languages - some have lesson plans/games as well as dictionaries.
I initially thought KELȽOLEMEĆEN was borrowed from the English: KillerWhale, though it appears in TimothyMontler's Senćoten: ADictionaryoftheSaanichLanguage, which leads me to believe it is the traditional word.
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
saanich.montler.net/SaanichDicti...
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
saanich.montler.net/SaanichDicti...
April 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I initially thought KELȽOLEMEĆEN was borrowed from the English: KillerWhale, though it appears in TimothyMontler's Senćoten: ADictionaryoftheSaanichLanguage, which leads me to believe it is the traditional word.
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
saanich.montler.net/SaanichDicti...
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
saanich.montler.net/SaanichDicti...
KELȽOLEMEĆEN
Orca
(The strike-through L is unlike any English sound. To do it, prepare your mouth to make an L sound, then make a TH sound. The apostrophe C is a CH sound.)
Orca
(The strike-through L is unlike any English sound. To do it, prepare your mouth to make an L sound, then make a TH sound. The apostrophe C is a CH sound.)
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April 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
KELȽOLEMEĆEN
Orca
(The strike-through L is unlike any English sound. To do it, prepare your mouth to make an L sound, then make a TH sound. The apostrophe C is a CH sound.)
Orca
(The strike-through L is unlike any English sound. To do it, prepare your mouth to make an L sound, then make a TH sound. The apostrophe C is a CH sound.)
ȾIȾEȾEM
Any small bird.
(Ⱦ is much like the English 'th' but with more of a pop)
Sources:
Timothy Montler's Senćoten: A Dictionary of the Saanich Language
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
Any small bird.
(Ⱦ is much like the English 'th' but with more of a pop)
Sources:
Timothy Montler's Senćoten: A Dictionary of the Saanich Language
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
FirstVoices.com
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www.firstvoices.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
ȾIȾEȾEM
Any small bird.
(Ⱦ is much like the English 'th' but with more of a pop)
Sources:
Timothy Montler's Senćoten: A Dictionary of the Saanich Language
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
Any small bird.
(Ⱦ is much like the English 'th' but with more of a pop)
Sources:
Timothy Montler's Senćoten: A Dictionary of the Saanich Language
www.firstvoices.com/sencoten/sea...
Tá7a ri7 k stsc7emtéps re tmicw-kt. Our land doesn't have a price on it. #Secwepemc #IdleNoMore http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Secwepemc/phrase/03154361b35cf6e2/Our+land+doesn%CA%BCt+have+a+price+on+it.
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November 23, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Tá7a ri7 k stsc7emtéps re tmicw-kt. Our land doesn't have a price on it. #Secwepemc #IdleNoMore http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Secwepemc/phrase/03154361b35cf6e2/Our+land+doesn%CA%BCt+have+a+price+on+it.
Lé7es k swe7éc-emp. Do What is Right. #IdleNoMore http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Secwepemc/phrase/7a387c9956eb3995/Do+what+is+right
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November 23, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Lé7es k swe7éc-emp. Do What is Right. #IdleNoMore http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Secwepemc/phrase/7a387c9956eb3995/Do+what+is+right
Anyone wondering how to properly pronounce #Secwépemc:
https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Secwepemc/Secwepemctsin/Secwepemctsin%20(Eastern%20Dialect)/learn/words/33c3fc9b-55d6-4f84-b54d-e715eec169b9
https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Secwepemc/Secwepemctsin/Secwepemctsin%20(Eastern%20Dialect)/learn/words/33c3fc9b-55d6-4f84-b54d-e715eec169b9
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November 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Anyone wondering how to properly pronounce #Secwépemc:
https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Secwepemc/Secwepemctsin/Secwepemctsin%20(Eastern%20Dialect)/learn/words/33c3fc9b-55d6-4f84-b54d-e715eec169b9
https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Secwepemc/Secwepemctsin/Secwepemctsin%20(Eastern%20Dialect)/learn/words/33c3fc9b-55d6-4f84-b54d-e715eec169b9