<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Saskatchewan native dialects endangered</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">'This is the foundation of our culture'</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Last Updated: Sunday, September 12, 2010 | 10:38 AM CST</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">CBC News</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Aboriginal language experts say several native dialects are endangered in Saskatchewan as fewer young people learn their ancestral tongues.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">There are eight aboriginal languages spoken the province. The most widely spoken are Cree and Saulteaux.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Statistics Canada says one in five aboriginal children under the age of five can understand an aboriginal language.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Read more: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/09/12/sask-aboriginal-languages-threatened.html#ixzz0zNqk9ZlN">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/09/12/sask-aboriginal-languages-threatened.html#ixzz0zNqk9ZlN</a></span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">