Indigenous languages - The Canadian Media

As fewer people speak Indigenous languages, their Long-term extinction prevails

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 - by cmedia

by Catherine Couturier, University of Montreal On average, every month across the globe, two Indigenous languages disappear, according to the United Nations. And 40% of the world’s languages, mostly Indigenous, are …

UN launches 10-year survival plan for endangered indigenous languages

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 - by cmedia

New York: From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are …

Language describes who we are, our identity, our feelings, culture, and histories: Pablo Rodriguez

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 - by cmedia

Ottawa/CMEDIA: An announcement was made today by the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, about the Government of Canada’s investment of $17,700,000 through the Canada–Northwest Territories Agreement on Indigenous Languages …