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Inuktitut in Ontario: Best Practices Research Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janet Tamalik McGrath
Includes overview of Inuit in Ontario and the importance of the language, discussion of challenges in language retention, and analysis of practices in Ottawa, Toronto and other regions as identified through a literature search, consultations and one-on-one interviews.
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Inuktut Tusaalanga

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Pirurvik Centre
Contains links to lessons, glossary (includes audio of pronunciation), grammar, dialogues, and flashcards. Dialects are listed by regions.
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Iñupiaq Phrasebook

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Alaskool
Includes links to Iñupiaq Dictionary, Spellchecker and Font.
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Inupiaq Writing and International Inuit Relations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence Kaplan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et les savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 233-237
Author advocates for the exchange of published materials between various Inuit groups to be in local languages instead of English.
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IQ Corner

Alternate Title
IQ Corner with Elijah Tigullaraq
[Inuit Qaujumajatuqangit Corner]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Elijah Tigullaraq
Links to stories and articles written to give outsiders a sense of the Inuit Qaujumajatuqangit perspective.
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It's Official: Aboriginal Languages of Nunavut, That Is

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 5, August 2009, p. 11

Reports on the acknowledgment of English, French and Inuit languages as the official languages of Nunavut and comments about the act leading to discussions about the Aboriginal Languages Act of Canada.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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Knowledge Building in an Aboriginal Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander McAuley
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2009, p. [?]
Explores the potential of knowledge building to support bilingual and bicultural learning experiences.
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Knowledge of Inuit Languages (10), Knowledge of Languages: Single and Multiple Language Responses (3), Aboriginal Identity (8), Mother Tongue - Detailed Inuit Languages (15), Area of Residence: Inuit Nunangat (7), Age Groups (8) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2011 National Household Survey

Alternate Title
2011 National Household Survey: Data Tables: Aboriginal Peoples
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.
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Labrador Inuttitut: Speaking into the Future

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catharyn Andersen
Alana Johns
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 187-205
Article discusses the language loss that has occurred among northern Labrador Inuttitut.
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Labrador Inuttut Inverted Number Marking: Ongoing Questions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence R Smith
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 313-330

Examines grammatical structures in the evolution of the Inuttut language coinciding with past tool inventions. 

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Language and Identity: An Inuit Perspective

Alternate Title
PAMAPLA 23: Papers From the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association ; 1999
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Comments, from interviews with representatives, show that Inuktitut is an important part of Inuit identity and culture. Chapter from PAMAPLA 23: Papers From the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association edited by Wendy Burnett and Robert Adlam. Chapter located by scrolling to page 106.
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Language and Identity in an Indigenous Teacher Education Program

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sylvia Moore
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Exploratory case study examines the personal experiences of five Inuit education students and discusses their perspective on how studying Inuktitut has impacted their cultural identities.
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Language Attitudes in a Multilingual Northern Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald M. Taylor and Stephen C. Wright
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 85-119
Survey of multilingual community in Nouveau, Quebec to determine attitudes and threats to Inuit language and culture.
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Language, Culture and Identity: Some Inuit Examples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 1995, pp. 293-308
Cultural and ethnic differences among the Canadian Inuit are outlined, with an assessment of the importance of language.
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Language Data from the 2001 Nunavut Household Survey

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Survey consisted of 5,816 interviews conducted in every community except Kimmirut. Topics included first language learned, self-rated ability to speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun, English and French; ability to read/write Inuktitut syllabics, and language most often spoken at. home.
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The Language Gulper: Native North American Languages

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Alejandro Gutman
Beatriz Avanzati
Webpage provides an overview of North American, Meso-American and South American languages spoken in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Links to main language families, language areas and language maps.
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Language Rights and Language Choices: The Potential of Inuktitut Literacy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aurélie Hot
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 181-197, 263
Discusses new linguistic policies, the dominance of the English language, and the need for bilingualism in Nunavut institutions to stop the erosion of the Inuit language.
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Languagegeek Fonts

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Chris Harvey
Website provides fonts and keyboard layouts covering alphabetical letter for Algonquian, Athapaskan, Inuit, and Cherokee syllabics as well as other languages which use a Roman orthography but require a number of diacritic marks or special characters.
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Les Langues Eskaléoutes, Sibérie, Alaska, Canada, Groënland

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mick Mallon
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. 222-224
Book review of: Les Langues Eskaléoutes, Sibérie, Alaska, Canada, Groënland by Nicole Tersis and Michèle Therrien.
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Learning Inuktitut

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet McGrath
Inuktitut, no. 93, 2003, pp. 84-86
Student project solicited terms and determined that there are many Inuktitut dialects.
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The Life of a Drum

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Camille Usher
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Climate, Summer, 2016, pp. 18-27
Essay, presented in both English and Inuktitut, looks at the life of a drum, from its formation to its sound. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
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Malamuk - A (West) Frisian Loanword in Greenlandic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Bakker
Hein van der Voort
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 265-273
Reports on the interaction that took place between the Frisian, Dutch whalers and Greenlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Minorité Franco-nunavoise et Majorité Inuit: Tensions et Coopération dans les Débats sur l'Éducation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carole Cancel
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 153-171
Examines the discourse surrounding the Education Act passed in 2008 and the challenges involved in education based on Inuit values, but incorporating French language and culture.
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My Mother Tongue

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aviaq Johnston
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 1, no. 3, Can Modern Treaties Be Saved?, Spring, 2013, pp. 42-44
Author talks about her experience growing up with two dialects: Igloolik and Nunavik.
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