A native language lives on young tongues (fwd link)

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A native language lives on young tongues

By Melissa Lampman - Kamloops This Week
Published: June 29, 2010 1:00 PM

R Secwépemc cw7it ri7 r set‍síntens.

This means: “There are many Secwepemc songs” in the traditional language of
Secwepemctsin, or Shuswap, which is the language spoken by the Secwepemc
people of east-central B.C.

In a classroom at Ralph Bell elementary, a group of students in kindergarten
to Grade 7 sit in a circle, singing the Welcome Song in Shuswap.

The students are aboriginal and non-aboriginal, but they have a common goal
— to preserve a language near extinction.

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