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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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.

We seek your important feedback and advice on the attached and revised Draft First Nations Heritage Action Plan and Appendices

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