The First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council administers the First Voices program, a wonderful array of learning tools for Canadian languages (in English and French). Their glossary pages include:
- More than 1400 words with English glosses for Nuu-chah-nulth (noo) with audio recordings.
- 447 words for Hän (haa), also with audio recordings.
- 301 words for Dene (chp), or Chipewyan/Dene Sų́łiné, again with audio recordings.
Each First Nations people has a welcome page, a portal and links to a glossary, art, and much more information. With more than 60 communities documenting their languages, 35 are currently available online. The pages even include matching games and quizzes to assist in the learning process.
For kids, check out First Voices Kids, for a more graphic-oriented approach.
The FPHLCC site itself has great resources, too. Check out their news releases page, for example. In December, free iPod, iPad and iPhone apps were announced for Saanich (str), or SENĆOŦEN, and Halkomelem (hur), or Halq’eméylem. Another excellent page is their revitalization page, a place to begin if interested in developing a language revitalization program.
