Here (in Nunavik) Eskimos unable to speak their language was unthinkable a mere generation ago. The ability to speak Inuktitut, so sacredly central to who we were, seemed secure – never to be knowingly lost. I am not yet an old man, and we see the dramatic erosion of the Inuktitut language very close to our homes and families. This has caused general alarm among Inuit. We are acutely aware of the need to do something about it. This realization is universal, and there is no sound argument for pretending that real threats to Inuktitut do not exist...

Zebedee Nungak in Inuktitut 93, 2003