#SpeakGwichinToMe: Using social media to reclaim language

A Gwich'inwoman is using social media to get people speaking one of the most endangered languages in Canada.

Firth-Hagen, who currently lives in Yellowknife,now has aFacebookgroup called theGwich'inLanguage Revival Campaign, where she and over 1,000 other members of that online community regularly post photos captioned in theGwich'inlanguage, or just shareGwich'inwords and phrases.

Crystal Norris,who isGwich'in,but lives in Regina,is one of those members.

"The thing that I do struggle with is the pronunciation because I'm not really anywhere near that can speak the language to me, butJaceyis quite helpful with how to pronounce things," Norris said.

The Gwich'in aren't the only indigenous group using social media to protect or revive their languages.

In Nova Scotia, Savannah Simon has been using short Instagramvideos to encourage others to speak Mi'kmaq for years now.

That has other Mi'kmaq people following suit, posting their own videos as well.

Scroll through Instagram, Youtube, Facebook and Twitter, and you'll also find other languages being shared as well like#SpeakTlichoToMe and#SpeakCree, to name just two.