Sealaska Heritage Institute has published a trilogy of illustrated dictionaries in Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages in efforts to help preserve some of Alaska's Native languages.
Sealaska Heritage Institute has published a trilogy of illustrated dictionaries in Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages.ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Sealaska Heritage Institute recently published a new series of illustrated dictionaries to help preserve three Alaska Indigenous languages.
“I think I can count on one or two hands, how many births speakers are left of all three languages,” Jamie Shanley with SHI said.
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