Atelihai, pronounced ahh-tee-lee-hi, is the Inuktitut word for "hello" or "welcome." It's one of the more than 130 words and phrases the Let's Speak Inuktitut project, or UKâlalautta Inuttitut, has ...
An Iqaluit woman's invitation for people to learn Inuktitut prompted a wellspring of responses from across North America. Miali Coley-Sudlovenick is the owner of Allurvik, a business that focuses ...
Like many Indigenous people of North America, Miali Coley-Sudlovenick fears that her native language is dying. European colonization left Inuit struggling to preserve their culture and tongue in an ...
Anglophones who want to learn the Inuit language can now do so with a computer, mouse and speakers, thanks to a newly launched learning website that lets learners hear the language out loud.
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT – There’s a big problem in Nunavut. And that’s language. The Inuktitut language in particular. In short, fewer and fewer young people are speaking it. Walk around Iqaluit, the ...
No language is easy to learn, but Inuktitut? Many a langauge student has been sidelined by the complex sounds and system of infixes. But a new iPad app is attempting to make learning Inuktitut just a ...
Senior government officials in Nunavut have been told that they have to be able to speak Inuktitut by 2008, or risk losing their jobs. Premier Paul Okalik revealed the policy during the mid-term ...
New language settings to support Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated's efforts to strengthen and promote the vitality of Inuit language "Inuit expect to see and hear Inuktut in all aspects of our lives.
MONTREAL -- It has long been considered one of Canada's healthier aboriginal languages, but a recent report suggests Inuktitut's future may not be so bright in Quebec. A community organization in ...