Ms. Kitty Gordon at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᓱᑕ ᓇᓃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖏᓂ ᐊᓯᖐᑲᓴᒃᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓯᒍᓐᓇᔪᕕᓂᐅᔪᖃᖅᐸᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᒻᒪᖔ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᔾᔭᕋᑦᓵᕆᓪᓗᕆᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᕆᐊᕈᑎᒋᓗᒍ, ᐋᒻ, ᑭᐅᔫᔪᕆᔭᕋᓕ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Perhaps we can do research globally to see if there are some countries where there are indigenous peoples who lost their language and if they've managed to revive it. That would be a great area to start: to conduct a study on indigenous peoples globally.