Advertisement
Advertisement
Inuktitut
[ ih-nook-ti-toot, ih-nyook- ]
noun
- a dialect of Inuit, spoken in the Canadian Arctic.
Inuktitut
/ ɪˈʊɪˌʊ /
noun
- the language of the Inuit
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Inuktitut1
Example Sentences
Agguttinni means "where the prevailing wind occurs" in the Inuktitut local dialect.
Yet another was written entirely in Inuktitut, an Indigenous language spoken in northern Canada, far from Alaska.
After his address, a choir sang the Lord’s Prayer in Inuktitut.
He delivered his remarks in his native Spanish, translated to English and Inuktitut, in this remote region 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, where residential schools transformed life for the majority-Inuit population.
Formerly called Cape Dorset, the town reverted three years ago to its traditional name, which means “high mountains” in the Inuktitut language.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse