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Learn to talk about today's snow in Skwxwú7mesh (Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵlanguage)

The Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵNation is encouraging its members — and others — to learn more of the Skwxwú7mesh snichim (Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵlanguage), with short language-lesson videos.

The Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵNation is encouraging its members — and others — to learn more of the Skwxwú7mesh snichim (Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵlanguage), with this video of a conversation about the snow.

Do y’all enjoy the snow or no?

The video is one of many on language and culture developed by Ta na wa Ns7éyx̱nitm ta SnewÌ“iyálh (the Nation's Language and Cultural Affairs Department).

The videos are for Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵNation) to increase opportunities for all Nation members to learn more about and to share in the Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw culture, according to the Nation.

Saying good night

Each which can be found on Facebook and Tik Tok, focuses on a different topic related to Skwxwú7mesh snichim vocabulary, ranging from greetings to colours, to times of day and days of the week, to seasons and different times of the year.

The department recently started using TikTok to reach a younger audience.

 

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