The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL). Currently, 40% of the estimated 6,700 languages spoken around the world are in danger of disappearing. The fact that most of these are Indigenous languages puts the cultures and knowledge systems to which they belong at risk. Here in Canada, in 2016, 260,550 Aboriginal people reported being able to speak an Aboriginal language well enough to conduct a conversation.
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