Students, parents and teachers are all smiles learning the Squamish language in the Ta Tsíptspi7lhḵn Language Nest in the Squamish Nation. | Photo courtesy of Kaiya Williams1 / 1 Students, parents and teachers are all smiles learning the Squamish language in the Ta Tsíptspi7lhḵn Language Nest in the Squamish Nation. “Language revitalization is a good thing to invest in for a number of reasons, including community health, and also to hopefully make a case for longer-term funding,” she said. Since then, that number has grown to 349 Squamish language speakers, according to a BC First Nations language report from 2022. Currently there are eight families that are taking part in the program, where teachers speak the Squamish language in a home-like environment.