Language
Language
Vocabulary
Cplul’kw’ten
Gathering place
Esťíl
Stop (as on a stop sign)
Kukwstsétsemc
Thank you
Qelmúcw
Person or people
Secwépemc
The people
Secwépemc'ulucw
The territory of the Secwépemc people
Secwepemcstin
Language of the Secwépemc people
Sek'lep
Coyote (the trickster who teaches)
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
The Secwépemc people in the Kamloops area
Tsútswecw
Many fish (name of provincial park in Shuswap area)
Weyt-k
Hello
Audio
Kukwstsétsemc / thank you
Weyt-k / hello
More audio and background from First Voices
Months and days
Listen to Simpc elder Mona Jules pronounce the Secwepemctsin words for months of the year and days of the week.
Secwepemc calendar projectSecwépemc language app for iOS or Android
The Secwépemc language app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, and images. Users can generate their own thematically organized flashcards and bookmark words or sentences to create their own lists.
TRU Library resources
Material from the Secwépemc Cultural Education Society has been digitized and uploaded to the web in the form of a collection of PDFs, videos and sound recordings. These include several language guides.
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