The ones on the reserve still speak their languages.
Canada had residential schools- the goal was to basically take each indigenous kid and “re-educate” them to remove their culture.
it did cause huge cultural loss but most importantly the family and community unit were severed.
A lot of smaller languages are disappearing and becoming endangered. English, Mandarin and Spanish are replacing them.
Who knows, I doubt my offspring will speak Somali
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