The Yinka Déné Language Institute
646 Stoney Creek Road
Vanderhoof BC V0J 3A1 Canada
250-561-5848, local 5460 (telephone)
250-561-5874 (FAX)

The Yinka Déné Language Institute is devoted to the preservation and promotion of Yinka Dene language and culture. Our activities include:

• Encouraging the use of our languages.
• Publishing material in our languages.
• Producing documentation for our languages
• Training researchers, language teachers, and other language specialists.
• Developing curricula.
• Producing teaching materials for our languages and culture.
• Archiving material on our languages, culture, and history.

News and Announcements

Syllabics Transliterater

Use this web page to transliterate in both directions between the Carrier Linguistic Committee writing system and the Carrier Syllabics.

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• What's New at YDLI?


• About YDLI
• Announcements of Events and Publications
• Contacting YDLI
• Culture and History
• Dakelh (Carrier) Language
• Dakelh (Carrier) Word of the Day
• Downloadable Documents and Software
• Links
• Our Mandate
• Publications
• Resources and Services Available at YDLI
• Yinka Déné Declaration on Education, Language and Culture
• Eulogy for the late Mary John, Sr.

For information about other First Nations languages of British Columbia, about the First Nations languages of British Columbia in general, and about endangered languages, language maintenance, and related topics, go to the First Nations Languages of British Columbia web site.

Nous sommes désolés de ne pas avoir tout traduit en français. Néanmoins, certains renseignments sont disponibles en français. Cet index en français.

Veuillez nous communiquer en français si vous voulez.

Updated 2023-03-23

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