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NATIVE LANGUAGES FACING EXTINCTION
CBC News, Webposted Tue Dec 15 03:39:05 1998
[S.I.S.I.S. note: The following mainstream news article may contain biased
or distorted information and may be missing pertinent facts and/or context.
It is provided for reference only.]
OTTAWA - Of 50 aboriginal languages, only three are spoken widely enough
to ensure their preservation, according to a new Statistics Canada study.
The study suggests that of 800,000 people in Canada who say they are
aboriginal, only a quarter consider a native language to be their mother
tongue. Of those with a native mother tongue, 93 per cent fall into three
language families: Algonquin, which includes Cree and Ojibway; Inuktitut
and Athapaskan.
About a dozen languages are about to disappear. Ten others have been wiped
out over the past century. Three languages are spoken widely enough that
they will likely survive: Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.
The study suggests the migration of youth away from native communities may
be largely to blame for the decline in languages. The study used census
data and a 1991 survey of aboriginal people.
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The Statistics Canada Report can be found at:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/981214/d981214.htm#ART
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research and educational purposes only.
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