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Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages
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Helping to promote Indigenous languages and support the efforts of Indigenous peoples to reclaim, revitalize, maintain, and strengthen their languages.
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Nous sommes honorés d’être à #ondes2025ottawa, organisé par @ocil-ila.bsky.social.

ONDES 2025 vise à promouvoir et à défendre toutes les #languesautochtones au Canada ainsi qu'à soutenir les efforts de revitalisation des langues autochtones à l’échelle mondiale. 🌎
August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Chi miigwetch @ocil-ila.bsky.social for this vital gathering, and to @fpcc.ca for their sponsorship and the opportunity to learn from the great Wanosts'a7, a Woman Who Walks In Peace Among People indeed, merci infiniment 🙏
August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Demain, c’est le grand jour—nous nous réunissons pour ONDES 2025, le Sommet mondial des langues autochtones ! Unissons nos voix et donnons un nouvel élan aux langues et aux communautés autochtones, afin de façonner l’avenir des langues autochtones.
August 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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There are 60 to 90 Indigenous languages [exact numbers vary] with over 237,000 individuals being fluent in at least one as of the 2021 Canadian census.

Due to the limited population of speakers most languages are critically endangered and thus preservation efforts are underway to maintain them.
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM