Sorry, I am born to a Pakistani but cannot read Urdu

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@diwana

It is absolutely true that continued influx of immigrants plays an important role of keeping a language alive in their countries of immigration.

However, just like continued filling of bucket drop by drop can keep the level of water at certain level, there has to be some water in the bucket prior to new drop of water.

Efforts by Punjabi speaking mainly Sikh over a hundred years brought the language to a very comparative level in Canada.

I have met even third generation individuals from various countries, they not only speak their languages but also have ability to write and read.

One can rightly say with time attrition develops, but if there is interest and efforts, the culture and language can stay alive..

You have met some 3rd gen people and that informs your opinion. The overall stats, studies and linguistic research informs mine. as I said, how many of us speak Persian, Arabic or Turkish etc. Isn’t that part of the heritage? Somewhere along the way, the language of the land took over and that of ancestors disappeared slowly. A few generations back, educated people still learnt Farsi /Persian and then it just went away.

The canada stats really don’t go into how much of that is gen 3 and beyond.