Ho-Chunk launch dictionary to revive endangered indigenous language
With many elders dying, project to create a digital Hoocąk-English dictionary was an effort to preserve as much linguistic knowledge as possible.
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With many elders dying, project to create a digital Hoocąk-English dictionary was an effort to preserve as much linguistic knowledge as possible.
With many elders dying, project to create a digital Hoocąk-English dictionary was an effort to preserve as much linguistic knowledge as possible.
Like many indigenous languages in the United States, the Crow language — or Apsáalooke — is facing the threat of extinction. But a recent expansion of the Crow dictionary seeks
Crow language camps have passed the 10-year mark and now look to help produce more materials for younger kids so they will speak the language, which was on the border of extinction.
A new Crow dictionary nearly doubles the number of words preserved and tribal and education leaders hope it will help propel the language into the next generation of speakers.