Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe.

Of the 7,000 or so languages spoken on Earth today, about half are expected to be extinct by the century's end.

 WHY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF B.C.FIRST NATIONS LANGUAGES?
British Columbia is home to 60% of the First Nations
languages in Canada with 32 distinct languages. This
diverse wealth of languages is at risk, however, and every
First Nations language in B.C. is in danger of being lost.
This report provides concrete measures to record the

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 www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/lang.htm

 www.firstvoices.com/

The Halq'emeylem app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos.

The SENĆOŦEN app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos.

This section explores subjects that describe the Canadian population including aspects of their cultural environment. Languages, Population Distribution, Age Structure and highlights of the Canadian Family provide a snapshot of the Canadian demographics including related characteristics.

The online edition of the Atlas includes all of the information in the print edition (soon to be released) and much more.