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Chief Roger William of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation stands next to a mockup of a highway sign with English and the Indigenous names of towns in British Columbia in 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

How AI could help safeguard Indigenous languages

Anna Luisa Daigneault, Université de Montréal

Many of the world’s languages are at risk of extinction. However, researchers are developing AI tools they hope can safeguard languages for future generations.
Illustration by Wiehan de Jager from the story by ‘I Like to Read,’ by Letta Machoga, originally from the African Storybook project. This story is now available on Storybooks Canada in 28 languages. (African Storybook)

Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu, freely available digital tales in 50+ languages

Bonny Norton, University of British Columbia and Espen Stranger-Johannessen, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

A free, open-access repository of multilingual children’s stories is one response to the United Nations’ urgent call to promote equitable education on the International Day of Education, January 24.
Language is a complex structure. Here, Jeremy Dutcher performs during the Polaris Music Prize gala in Toronto on Sept. 17, 2018. Dutcher’s award-winning album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa is in the Wolastoqey language. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

Ancestral languages are essential to Indigenous identities in Canada

Frank Deer, University of Manitoba

The presence of Indigenous peoples in conversations in Canada about the flourishing of Indigenous languages and critical Indigenous education is essential.

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  1. AI chatbots
  2. Artificial intelligence (AI)
  3. digital storytelling
  4. Focus: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
  5. Indigenous languages
  6. Language learning
  7. Literacy skills
  8. Mohawk
  9. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

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