Tidbits to Know

• There are approximately 50 Aboriginal languages in Canada
  
  
• Cree people live in Central Alberta
  
  
• Blackfoot people live in Southern Alberta
  
  
• Dene and Beaver people live in Northern Alberta
  
  
• In the early days, Aboriginal People did not have a written form of their language. Stories and legends were used to tell history
  
  
• Western Canada contains the most diversity of Aboriginal languages
  
  
• Language is an important part of individual and group identity
  
  
• The Cree language is considered to be one of the few Aboriginal languages that is flourishing
  
  
• The Algonquian language family is the largest in Canada
  
  
• The Cree language contains five dialects
  
  
• There are 11 major language families
  
  
• Of all the provinces Saskatchewan tends to have the highest number of people speaking an Aboriginal language
  
  
• British Columbia has the largest number of different Aboriginal languages spoken
  
  

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