It is hard for me to put into words how much I love this map.
This is an interactive map that explores the language, communities and culture (including artists) of certain areas. This map is specifically for BC but there are maps of Canada as well.
I love exploring different areas and finding out the community and language statistics of specific areas. For example, my school district is on Squamish Nation land. I used this map to trace the Squamish language as well. Through this, I was able to discover what language family Squamish is from, others that share the same family, as well as specific information including the number of fluent speakers (only 6!), the population, the approximate number of language learners, etc.
If you are unsure of what Indigenous communities land you work, live and play on, I really suggest exploring this map! There are so many languages and communities I have never even heard of in my local area.
Hi Natascha,
This is so wonderful. So stark, but so informative.
How much knowledge have we lost through linguicide?
Oh it hurts my heart.
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