#inuktut

[willowbilly]

Inuit Names in The Terror AMC

Aglukkaq: agluq-kkaq, “the one who strides well.” The verb stem agluq- means “to step over; to stride,” together with -kkaq “one who performs a particular action well.” A legitimate given name.

Aja: Seemingly aja or ajak, “maternal aunt,” which in modern Natchiliŋmiutut proper is atchak “paternal aunt.” A legitimate given name, merely in what may be the wrong dialect.

*Silna: Seemingly Dan Simmons’ original combination of Sila and Sedna, i.e., AN UNGRAMMATICAL NEONYM. Sila is Hila in modern Natchiliŋmiutut, a noun meaning “air, weather, outside, atmosphere, intelligence, wisdom.” The principal resident spirit of the air’s personal name is Naarřuk, naaq-rřuk “the big belly,” and he is a giant baby boy spirit. Hila and Naarřuk are the same being. Sedna is the Anglicized form of the demonstrative pronoun sanna, which I think in Natchiliŋmiutut is kanna “that one down there, such as under the ocean (not visible).” This was a traditional circumlocution for the female spirit Nuliajuk, nulik-ajuk “the lubricious one,” the principal resident spirit of the sea. Sila, Hila, Naarřuk, and Nuliajuk are all legitimate given names. Silna is an illegitimate given name.

Kuvijuq: kuvi+juq, “he who pours.” Kuvi- is a verb stem meaning “to spill or pour; to spill or pour it; to spill or pour on (them/it).” *ku is a verb root for “downward movement or orientation” that can also be found in the noun kuuk “river.” +t/juq is the intransitive 3rd person singular indicative mood verb ending “she/he/it/they (singular),” but here it functions as a noun participle. In modern Natchiliŋmiutut proper, this would be Kuviřuq. A legitimate given name.

Netsilik Hunter: Netsilik is derived from Natsilik i.e. Natchilik, “the one with ringed seal,” meaning Netsilik Lake and its environs. Outsiders applied “Netsilik Inuit” both to Natchiliŋmiut and to other Inuit groups. Aŋunahuaqti is modern Natchiliŋmiutut proper for “hunter,” related to the noun aŋut “man.”

Tuunbaq: tuuŋŋaq, tuunŋaq, “shaman's helping spirit.” A legitimate given name, although probably not actually its own.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Inuktut becomes 1st Indigenous language spoken in Canada to be on Google Translate | CBC News

One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the

One of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages in this country is now available through Google's translation service, the first time the tech giant has included a First Nations, Métis or Inuit language spoken in Canada on its platform. Inuktut, a broad term encompassing different dialects spoken by Inuit in Canada, Greenland and Alaska, has been added to Google Translate, which translates text, documents and websites from one language into another. The latest addition is part of a Google initiative to develop a single artificial intelligence language model to support 1,000 of the most-spoken languages in the world.  There are roughly 40,000 Inuktut speakers in Canada, data from Statistics Canada suggests.

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Interesting stuff on Inuktut dialects I found at Inuktut Tusaalanga - a website for learning Inuktut!

South Qikiqtaaluk is the dialect spoken in the communities of southern Baffin Island, including the capital, Iqaluit. North Qikiqtaaluk is spoken in northern Baffin Island as well as the communities of Iglulik and Sanirajak (Hall Beach) Ausuittuq (Grise Fiord) and Qausuittuq (Resolute Bay).

Aivilingmiutut is spoken in the communities along the western shore of Hudson’s Bay, including Naujaat, Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet), Kangiqłiniq (Rankin Inlet) and in Salliit (Coral Harbour) on Southampton Island. Paallirmiutut is spoken in the southern Kivalliq region, mainly in the communities of Arviat, Tikirarjuaq (Whale Cove) and Kangiqłiniq (Rankin Inlet). Nattilingmiutut is spoken in the eastern part of the Qitirmiut (Kitikmeot) region, in the communities of Uqšuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven), Talurjuaq (Taloyoak) and Kuugaarřuk (Kugaaruk). Inuinnaqtun is spoken in Qurluqtuq (Kugluktuk) and Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay). The two Qikiqtaaluk dialects share much in common as do the two western dialects, Nattilingmiutut and Inuinnaqtun.  In between, Kivallirmiut has some characteristics of each.

[abwwia]

Marion Tuu'luq RCA LL.D (1910–2002), also known as Anguhadluq, Tudluq, Tuuluq, and Toodlook, was an Inuk artist in mixed media and textiles. She "drew upon vivid colors, symmetry, and anthropomorphic imagery, to create vibrant tapestries which depict stories, legends, and personal experiences." via Wikipedia

ᓴᓇᑐᔪᖅ ᒥᐊᓕᐊᓐ ᑑᕐᓗᖅ Marion Tuu'luq, Untitled (People and Animals) (n.d.) Courtesy Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Toronto © the Artist

https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Marion-Tuuluq

ᓴᓇᑐᔪᖅ ᒥᐊᓕᐊᓐ ᑑᕐᓗᖅ, RCA (1910-2002), ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᒐᖏᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᐊᕐᒥ ᓂᕕᖓᓲᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓲᖅ ᓴᕿᑎᓪᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑕᖑᐊᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᑦ, ᐃᒻᒪᑲᓪᓚᓂᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ. ᐃᓅᓂᑯ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᕐᓂ ᐃᓐᓂᑑᖅ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑰᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ (ᒫᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ), ᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ 1960ᓂ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᑉ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑑᕐᓗᖅ ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᓴᕿᑎᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖑᐊᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᖑᐊᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖄᖓᒍᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᒐᖏᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 1977-1981. ᑑᕐᓗᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓴᓇᖕᖑᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ 1978, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 1990-ᒥ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓘᒃᑖᖑᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᐳᑕ. ᓴᓇᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕕᓂᐲᒃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐋᑐᕚ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅ.

[meichenxi]

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[wolverineteethhh-movedaccounts]

hand panted my own patch for my corduroy battle jacket i’m working on.

i used part of a sleeve off of one of my shirts, posca pens and sewed it on with sewing supplies my mom owns

[phonaesthemes]

Inuit set new standard for written Inuktut, combining 9 scripts into 1 | CBC News

Canada's national Inuit organization recently decided on a standard way to write their language that could be understood from Inuvik in the Northwest Territories to Nain in Labrador. It replaces a patchwork of nine different, often mutually unintelligible scripts.

Inuit are hoping to use the alphabet to help keep their far-flung people together.

Canada's national Inuit organization recently decided on a standard way to write their language that could be understood from Inuvik in the northern corner of the Northwest Territories to Nain on the east edge of Labrador. The new orthography replaces a patchwork of nine different, often mutually unintelligible scripts.

"We've never done this before," said Natan Obed of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. "It's the first time we're exercising our own self-determination to implement our own writing system."

Before European contact, Inuktut was an entirely oral language. Nobody needed to read or write anything down until the 1700s, when missionaries, government workers and businessmen started showing up.

Those groups all worked out different ways of translating the sounds of spoken Inuktut into symbols on a page, which they then taught to the Inuit.

Some methods, known as syllabics, looked like rows of circles, squares and triangles. Some used the letters familiar to European languages, but with a whole battery of accents and other marks. From one method to the next, the same letter could represent an entirely different sound.

While Inuktut speakers can understand different dialects, they couldn't necessarily read the different writing. That creates problems, said Obed.

"Going in to my children's elementary school, on a rack of take-home books there are as many as five different writing systems in play for the children. You can imagine how challenging that might be."

The orthographic hodgepodge has not only made it harder for Inuit kids to get educational material in their own language, it makes it harder to communicate between the Inuvialuit in the west, the Nunatsiavut in the east and all the groups in between.

"Without a standard writing system, we are always catering to just one portion of Inuktut speakers," Obed said.

The digital age has posed its own challenges. Keyboarding the accent marks required by some writing systems is awkward and typing syllabics requires specialized software.

The result is called Inuit Qaliujaaqpait, which was officially adopted by the national Inuit organization late last month.

[undomestication]

ᐃᓄᑐᐊᖅ (inutuaq), someone alone/on their own