More than thirty languages are spoken by the native people of British Columbia.
This site provides information about these languages, much of it in the form of
bibliographic information and links to other sites containing more detailed information
on particular languages and other relevant topics.
Virtually all of the native languages of British Columbia are endangered: hardly any
are spoken by children, and many have very few speakers at all. We therefore provide
information on the current status of the languages and of documentation for them,
as well as pointers to information on language endangerment and language maintenance and
revitalization.
Announcements
Introductory Linguistics for Language Revitalization
The University of Victoria is offering Introductory Linguistics
for Language Revitalization in Victoria on Thursday evenings
January through April. For further information, see the flyer
or visit the website
http://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/calr.
UBC Language Courses
The University of British Columbia's First Nations Languages Program is offering
courses in three languages this year: Musqueam, Plains Cree, and for the first time,
Dakelh. For further information, visit the FNLG
web site or download
the poster.
Louie Family CDs
The CD of the Louie Family Singers singing traditional Carrier songs
is available again.
Northwest Journal of Linguistics
A new journal devoted to the native languages of northwestern North America has
come into existence. It is published only in electronic form:
http://www.sfu.ca/nwjl/.
This site is maintained by the Yinka Déné Language Institute (YDLI). Information provided by
other sources is credited on the relevant page. The YDLI web site
contains information about YDLI and its activities and about the Athabaskan
languages with which YDLI deals, especially Dakelh (Carrier).
Revised 2008-03-10
Please send comments and questions about this site to: webmaster@ydli.org