INUKTITUT LANGUAGE, PEOPLE, & CULTURE

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This video is created for educational, language awareness, and language preservation purposes. It aims to provide valuable insights and knowledge to viewers, enhancing their understanding and appreciation of different languages and their unique characteristics. By raising awareness about linguistic diversity, the video seeks to foster a greater respect and recognition for various languages, particularly those that are endangered or underrepresented. Additionally, it contributes to the preservation of languages by documenting and sharing linguistic knowledge, thus ensuring that these languages and their cultural heritage are not lost to future generations.

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Recorded and Submitted by: Amka Kilabuk :D

Ulaakut! Andyujunga. Qanuipit?
Good day! I'm Andy. How are you?
Let's talk about the Inuktitut language.

Inuktitut, also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is a principal Inuit language of Canada spoken in regions north of the North American tree line, including parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, northeastern Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. It is an official language in Nunavut (alongside Inuinnaqtun, collectively known as Inuktut) and one of eight official native languages in the Northwest Territories. It also has legal recognition in Nunavik, Quebec. According to the 2016 Canadian census, 37,570 out of 70,540 Inuit identified Inuktitut as their mother tongue.

The Inuktitut syllabary, based on the Cree syllabary created by missionary James Evans, is one of the Aboriginal languages written with Canadian Aboriginal syllabics. Its current form was adopted by the Inuit Cultural Institute in the 1970s. In contrast, Inuit in Alaska, Inuvialuit, Inuinnaqtun speakers, and Inuit in Greenland and Labrador use Latin alphabets.

The Inuit, meaning "the people," are Indigenous peoples from the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, parts of Canada, Alaska, and Russia. They speak languages from the Eskaleut family. Inuit culture features distinct practices such as throat singing (katajjaq), where two women perform duets without instruments, and traditional tattoos (kakiniit), mainly among women, marking significant life transitions like womanhood. The Inuit have unique spiritual beliefs, including seeing ancestor spirits in the aurora borealis. Their traditional dwellings include Igloos & Qarmat. Muktuk, a traditional food, consists of whale skin and blubber, eaten raw or prepared in various ways. Inuksuit are stone landmarks used for navigation and marking important sites.

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Special Thanks to
Recorded and Submitted by: Amka Kilabuk :D

ilovelanguages
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I WAS WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG! thank you! my grandmother spoke it as a kid, but she developed dementia and wasn't able to speak it when I was a child.

mccoyfleming
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"Ataata, anaana"
In Turkish we say "ata" to father or ancestor and "ana" to mother... Happy to meet with canadian brothers❤

MCShahiniofOLS
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The absolute BEST writing system to exist (next to hangeul) and I will NOT be taking criticism!

Juno-gifj
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This language is a nightmare for people with the fear of long words(but i like inuktitut)

vladimir.ilyich.lenin
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Please video about Proto-Inuit language.

Ainigmos
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Inuktitut is a native Canadian language right Andy

ZTGSWOrZaki
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I was coincidentally looking up Inuktitut yesterday for a conlang I was making

alyss_aq
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There are still natives in Canada. Even their culture and heritage.

ryanmartinez
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Please make the Tupi language Guarani, it is an indigenous language here in Brazil

byan.s
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I love to see if there are keyboards for this or that language I can download and I would love to see an Inuit keyboard exist.
Too bad it doesn't exist

enumaelishversusgenesis
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Can u compare this languages

GREENLANDIC AND INUKTITUT

endings
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Could you do a Greenlandic/Inuktitut comparison

nuadhaairgeadlamh
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Is this language mutually intelligible or related to Greenlandic?

KingsleyAmuzu
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i just realised that mother "anaana" and father "ataata" in inuktitut language is almost the same in turkic languages. for example in turkish we sometimes use "ana" for mother and "ata" for father.

melody
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Sounds a bit like arabic with the three vowels and "q" sound

matthiasbolroc
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should compare Canadian French to Canadian English and Inuktitut

xabiie
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why the prayer? are native canadians christians?

robopecha
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I would like to learn this languahe, but I do not know where to get its sources

dalubwikaan
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Inuktitut is one of the rarest and most bizarre languages in the world because of its strange alphabet system and its long words.

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