Canada: Language extinction and survival</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Canada: Language extinction and survival"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Canada,Language,extinction,and,survival"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">22-01-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Canada: Language extinction and survival</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Calgary, Canada (Herald): Thanks to grassroots efforts by people like Elmer Ghostkeeper, of the 60 different aboriginal languages spoken in Canada, some, like Cree, Blackfoot and Dene, have seen a rise in use amongst First Nations people. Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that while the country's aboriginal population has risen to more than a million, use of an aboriginal language in some cases hasn't kept up. Some languages, in fact - like Haida, Tlingit and Malecite - are in danger of out-and-out extinction. While such news will be alarming to many, it's happened before - many times throughout history, in fact. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=977cd4a6-aaef-4c0b-8903-598c54005629 " target="blank">www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=977cd4a6-aaef-4c0b-8903-598c54005629 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show