Language Revitalization
We are proud to be working toward revitalizing our Déne language by creating opportunities to learn and share our culture and history through our traditional language. With videos, our very own Denesųłiné Reader and a range of word-based resources, we invite you to join us in celebrating our rich heritage by preserving and practicing our ancestral language.
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We are excited to announce the launch of k’aitélé denesųłiné yatié ɂá erihtł’ís k’ayasti ha, the Fort Chipewyan Denesųłiné Reader!
This marks the first reader we have created in the k’aitélé dialect. Preserving, practicing and celebrating our language is an integral part of our culture, history and identity, and this project is an accessible way to showcase and share it. We are very proud to present this project to our Members as we work collaboratively to ensure future generations have the opportunity to share, learn and speak our traditional language.
Thank you Janette Jones-Flett, Yvonne Mercredi, Lilly Marcel and Josh Holden and a special thanks to the reader designer ACFN Youth, Justis Voyageur.
~ Chief Allan Adam, ACFN
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One of the easiest ways to learn a new language is to find something you know in English and then learn the word in Déne.
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