"Cheyenne Cunningham speaks the down-river dialect of hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓, a language she's been piecing together since she was seven.
Not a single person in her Katzie community, east of Vancouver, is fluent, but she's been picking it up since taking hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ classes at her community school when she was a child.
Cunningham was taught by two teachers who learned from the last two remaining hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ speakers, and she is now considered a language keeper in her community."
Someone expects huge modifications for a language with three speakers?
This "preserving indigenous languages" thing has reached the point of absurdity. As a hobby or a historical study, fine. As a communications tool, there's no one to talk to.
Not a single person in her Katzie community, east of Vancouver, is fluent, but she's been picking it up since taking hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ classes at her community school when she was a child.
Cunningham was taught by two teachers who learned from the last two remaining hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ speakers, and she is now considered a language keeper in her community."
Someone expects huge modifications for a language with three speakers?
This "preserving indigenous languages" thing has reached the point of absurdity. As a hobby or a historical study, fine. As a communications tool, there's no one to talk to.