Language revitalization - Indigenous languages in Saskatchewan: Home

There are six thousand languages spoken today, but thousands are disappearing, threatening the world’s linguistic diversity. When a language is lost an entire worldview is lost with it, including cultural practices, oral literary traditions, philosophical systems, and environmental and medical knowledge. Because the loss of indigenous languages is part of the colonial oppression of indigenous peoples, language revitalization is also a human rights issue (Leanne Hinton, The Green Book of Language Revitalization, 2013).

This guide was initially created by Stephanie Hanson as part of a internship project for INTS 380,3 - Winter 2025.