Here’s an interesting clipping from Wikipedia about the NWT. Can you imagine the expense and difficulty related to this law? (ie: Court is now in session! Oh wait…where is our Dogrib translator? Off work today? Ah, crap!)
The territory’s Official Languages Act recognizes eight official languages, more than any other political division in Canada:
Dene Suline;
Cree;
Dogrib or Tlicho;
English;
French;
Gwich’in;
Inuktitut
Inuvialuktun
Inuinnaqtun
South Slavey
North Slavey
NWT residents have a right to use any of the above languages:
when receiving services from the government;
in court;
in debates and proceedings of the legislature.
