Inuktitut is the name for the varieties of Inuit spoken in Canada . It is an Eskimo-Aleut language that known for being a language with lots of very long agglutinative words, owing to the fact that there are a very large number of infixes (parts of speech which modify the meaning of a word), but it does not have the same irregularities as Indo-European languages. There is also a rumour that the language has hundreds of different words for snow, in reality there are only four (these four are: spread-out snow - aput , snow like salt - pokaktok , newly-drifted snow - akelrorak and soft snow - mauyaôlertok ). There are a few (not hundreds) of words relating to snow eg. snow block (auverk), igloo (iglu), snow knife (panar), snow on clothes, boots etc. (ayak).
[edit ] Pronunciation Guide [edit ] Vowels A a Like "a" in "cat".
E e Like "e" in "bet".
I i Like "ee" in "feet".
O o Like "o" in "hot".
U u Like "u" in "put".
[edit ] Consonants D d Like "d" in "dad".
G g Like "g" in "get".
J j Like "y" in "yet".
K k Like "k" in "oak".
L l Like "l" in "let".
M m Like "m" in "man".
N n Like "n" in "no".
P p Like "p" in "pan".
Q q Like "c" in "car".
R r Like "r" in "road".
S s Like "sh" in "shot".
T t Like "t" in "stop".
W w Like "w" in "wet".
Y y Like "y" in "yet".
[edit ] Common dipthongs kr Like "k" in "king" but pronounced deep in the throat. Like "cr" in "cream".
ng Like "ng" in "sing".
dlerk Like "ts lurk" in "cats lurk".
[edit ] Phrase list
Common signs
OPEN Open
CLOSED Closed
ENTRANCE Entrance
EXIT Exit
PUSH Push
PULL Pull
TOILET Toilet
MEN Men
WOMEN Women
FORBIDDEN Forbidden
Hello. Ai. (Ey )
How are you? Qanuipit? (Kan-oo-ee-peet )
Fine, thank you. Qaniungi. (Kan-ee-oo-ngee )
What is your name? Kinauvit? (Keen-a-oo-veet? )
My name is ______ . Uvanga _____ativa (Oov-a-nga _____at-ee-va )
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. (NIGHSS t' meet YOO )
Please. Please. (pleez )
Thank you. Naqurmiik. (Nak-urm-eek )
You're welcome. Ilaali. (Eel-a-lee )
Yes. Î. (Ee )
No. Nakka. (Nak-a )
Excuse me. (getting attention ) Excuse me. (ehkz-KYOOZ mee )
Excuse me. (begging pardon ) Excuse me. (ehkz-KYOOZ mee )
I'm sorry. Ogguarpunga. (Og-oo-ar-pu-nga )
Goodbye (to one person) Tavvauvutit. (Tav-a-oov-oo-teet )
Goodbye (to many people) Tavvauvusi. (Tav-a-oov-oo-see )
I can't speak Inuktitut [well]. I can't speak Inuktitut [well]. (IGH cant speek IN-ook-tee-toot [wehl] )
Do you speak English? Do you speak English? (doo YOO speek ING-lush? )
Is there someone here who speaks English? Is there someone here who speaks English? (IZ thayr SUM-wun heer hoo speekz ING-lush? )
Help! Ikajunga! (Ee-ka-yu-nga! )
Look out! Look out! (look OWT! )
Good morning. Ulaakut. (Ool-ak-oot )
Good evening. Good evening. (guhd EEV-ning )
Good night. Unnukkut. (Oon-oo-koot )
Good night (to sleep ) Good night. (good NIGHT )
I don't understand. Tukisinngittung. (Too-kees-ee-ng-toong )
Where is the toilet? Where is the toilet? (WAYR iz thuh TOY-leht? )
[edit ] Problems [edit ] Numbers [edit ] Numbers(system in the Greenlandic) ½ - helvä
0 - nul
1 - äts
2 - mare
3 - pen
4 - sisa
5 - tela
6 - arit
7 - arimare
8 - aripen
9 - arisisa
10 - gelu
11 - aqnat
12 - aqnamare
13 - aqnapen
14 - aqnasisa
15 - aqnatel
16 - asut
17 - asumare
18 - asupen
19 - asusisa
20 - marghi
30 - marghâtgelut
40 - penghi
50 - penghâtgelut
60 - sisughi
70 - sisughâtgelut
80 - telaghi
90 - telaghâtgelut
100 - hontrat
200 - mare-hontræt
500 - pen-hontræt
1000 - tuszint
2000 - mare-tuszænt
5000 - pen-tuszænt
10000 - gelu-tuszænt
100000 - huntrat-tuszænt
1000000 - äts-milyin
[edit ] Clock time [edit ] Duration [edit ] Months [edit ] Writing time and date [edit ] Colors [edit ] Transportation [edit ] Bus and train [edit ] Directions [edit ] Lodging [edit ] Eating [edit ] Shopping [edit ] Driving [edit ] Authority
