Nunavut faces uphill climb to preserve Inuktitut language

APTN National News
For those living outside of Nunavut the Indigenous Inuktitut language seems to be thriving.

Most people in Nunavut call it their mother tongue and most still speak it at home.

But for Inuit, whose culture and identity are tied to language, the writing may be on the wall for Inuktitut – the wall of the office building where the language commissioner works.

APTN’s Kent Driscoll explains.

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