[LINK] "#SpeakGwichinToMe: Using social media to reclaim language"

[rfmcdonald]

CBC notes a social media campaign intended to revive an indigenous language of Canada, Gwich'in.

A Gwich'in woman is using social media to get people speaking one of the most endangered languages in Canada.

Although nearly 10,000 Gwich'in people live in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska, a United Nations study estimates just a few hundred fluent speakers of the Gwich'in language are left.

"We don't have time to wait for another generation or so to really work on bringing the Gwich'in language back to being spoken more," said 23-year-old Jacey Firth-Hagen.

Just over a year ago, she sparked a social media campaign called #SpeakGwichinToMe.

More, including an interview, at the site.