Knowledge Of Aboriginal Languages Among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve

Knowledge Of Aboriginal Languages Among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve   In 2006, one in five (20%) off-reserve First Nations children aged two to five were able to understand an Aboriginal language, regardless of whether it was learned as a mother tongue or second language. Cree and Ojibway were the languages understood by the largest number of these children.   First Nations children make up a growing proportion of all children in Canada, particularly in Manitoba,...

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