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We love to promote the use of SENĆOŦEN as its the original language of these lands. SENĆOŦEN is the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ people.
Every month we share a new SENĆOŦEN word in our opening circle before we start pulling ivy, but if you want to learn more, please explore the resources below! :)
SENĆOŦEN Resources
– the official SENĆOŦEN website with audio recordings, stories, lessons, word of the day, and wordle
http://saanich.montler.net/SaanichDictionary-Eedition.pdf
– the official SENĆOŦEN dictionary
https://sites.itservices.cas.unt.edu/~montler/saanich/wordlist/
– a great categorized list of words
https://www.firstvoices.com/sencoten
– hear the alphabet, search for specific words, learn phrases
https://www.youtube.com/@sencoenvideos4821
– hear / watch videos of stories, songs, lessons, etc.