Inuktitut lessons

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Inuktitut lessons

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I thought some of you might be interested in this link: http://www.tusaalanga.ca/lesson/lessons

All dialogues and vocabulary items come with a sound file. Another useful feature is that you can see an alphabetical list of suffixes by clicking the "Grammar" tab.

Asukuluk!
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This is awesome, thanks for the share!

Does anyone else picture Mr. Burns going "Asukuluk!"?

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Simmalti wrote:Does anyone else picture Mr. Burns going "Asukuluk!"?
I wonder if they've ever translated the Simpsons into Inuktitut?

Also, here's a sample sentence to tempt the rest of you. It's nice and short, only two words.

Kiinaujakkuvimmiinngaarlunga niuvirviralaamuurniaqqunga.
When I leave the bank I will go to the corner store.

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Post by Soap »

Thanks. Inuktitut seems to have a very small number of phonemes.
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Post by Jacqui »

Imagine screaming,

QANGATASUUKKUVIMMUURRIAQALAAQTUNGA!!!
"I'll have to go to the airport!!!"

In a taxi.

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