Description: Before a word of English or French was ever spoken in Canada, before we became a country of two official languages and of two solitudes, the land was dense with a rich variety of cultures and languages. Cree. Ojibwe. Haida. These are just of few of the many languages spoken by the first nations of Canada. As generations of aboriginals have been swallowed up into Canadian culture, many of Canada’'s original languages have been lost or threatened. There has been an effort to keep these languages alive recently. Some government services are offered in aboriginal languages. In Saskatchewan, there is a court that runs trials in Cree. Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit, is an official language of Nunavut, and the language taught in schools in the Nunavik region of Quebec.

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aboriginal rights

canada

country

cree

haida

inuit

inuktitut

native languages

nunavik

nunavut

ojibwe

Groups: Aboriginal Rights Language Rights