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Meaning of Secwepemctsín | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Shuswap (Salish language)

Examples

“I returned in July 2016, filming for my MFA thesis in several Secwepemc communities, exploring the challenge of Secwepemctsín (Shuswap language loss) and the potential for language revitalization.”
“The grandmother of Julian Brave NoiseCat, the film’s codirector, who was himself born in mysterious circumstances in the institution, says, “Before we went to residential school we spoke the Secwépemc language – only Secwepemctsín – in the community; no English. They tried to take that out of us. So much stuff ... stuff I should have talked about.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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