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- Title: Whither Aboriginal Languages--are They Withering? (Aboriginal Law)
- Author : LawNow
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Language is central to identity. As the 2005 federal Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Culture put it, "Language and culture are the foundations of the nationhood of First Nation, Inuit and Metis people." One might add, language is the foundation of culture. Canada's cultural wealth is found not merely in its official bilingualism or its multicultural tapestry; Aboriginal languages are a part of our mosaic. As Task Force member Frank Parnell of the Haida Nation said, "Each time an Aboriginal language dies, a piece of Canada dies."