International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032)

A new interactive project from Google Earth. Launched in August 2019, this project features audio recordings of more than 50 different Indigenous languages from around the world. For each language, visitors can listen to a traditional greeting and two other examples of the language (e.g. common phrases or songs).

This video from the University of Victoria describes five easy ways to support Indigenous people in your community working to revive their languages.

2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages; the goal is that this celebration will help promote and protect indigenous languages and improve the lives of those who speak them.

In this 9-minute film, students meet Marie Wilcox, who is the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, and the dictionary she created. Indigenous languages around the world are vanishing at a rapid rate. In this lesson, explore what could be lost when a language disappears.

In this 14 minute TedTalk, Lindsay Morcom explores why Indigenous languages are matter to linguists and to Indigenous communities.

Using this map, you can see all of the endangered Indigenous languages around the world. To get relevant information for Canada, use the 'Country or area' selector. You can also search by 'language name'. Once you start your search, check the panel on the right to link to other languages in the area.