Yawenda project: Bringing back the Huron language
The huron (Wyandot) language has been dormant for over 150 years, but it hasn’t been forgotten. A course that aims to keep the Huron language and culture alive is given at the Huron-Wendat native reserve of Wendake, just north of Quebec City.
Manon Sioui helps her father Roland Sioui during a game of « Yawingo », a play of word for Bingo, to learn numbers
Numbers and their written correspondence in Huron are projected on assistant teacher Marcel Godbout
Full story on The Gazette Website, including an audio slideshow. My first ever!
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Laëtitia Boudaud
C’est toujours un bonheur pour moi, que de voir une langue autochtone reprendre vie ! Mon passé « inuit » ne peut rester insensible à ce genre d’initiative. Merci de nous faire partager cela en images !
Laëtitia.