Inuktitut
Canadian Inuit language
Inuktitut is the language of the Inuit people, spoken primarily in northern Canada, especially Nunavut and parts of Quebec and Labrador.
It belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut language family and is written in both Roman letters and a distinctive syllabic script.
Inuktitut is one of Canada's official languages in Nunavut: She learned Inuktitut from her grandmother.
Canadian arctic territory
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- sea iceFrozen ocean surface
glaciers · fjords · Canadian Arctic · Baffin Island · Northwest Territories · Greenland · circumpolar · northern communities
Vocal technique producing simultaneous pitches
- drum dancingDance accompanying percussion instruments
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- shamanismMediation between worlds
kinship · elders · oral history · carving · printmaking · Sedna · parka · kamik
Morphemes chained, roots intact
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- dialectsRegional language variations
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
grammar · vocabulary · pronunciation · fluency · bilingualism · revitalization · immersion · elders
Enclosed single-person watercraft
North American arctic deer
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- narwhalSpiral-tusked Arctic whale
- belugaWhite Arctic cetacean
polar bear · ptarmigan · muskox · snowy owl · bowhead whale · lemming
Welsh-origin surname
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
romanization · typeface · keyboard · signage · literacy · script adaptation
Nunavut
Canadian arctic territory
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
sea ice · glaciers · fjords · Canadian Arctic · Baffin Island · Northwest Territories · Greenland · circumpolar · northern communities
throat singing
Vocal technique producing simultaneous pitches
- drum dancingDance accompanying percussion instruments
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
shamanism · kinship · elders · oral history · carving · printmaking · Sedna · parka · kamik · ulu
agglutinative
Morphemes chained, roots intact
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- dialectsRegional language variations
- phonologyScience of language sounds
syntax · grammar · vocabulary · pronunciation · fluency · bilingualism · revitalization · immersion · elders · oral tradition
kayak
Enclosed single-person watercraft
caribou
North American arctic deer
beluga · polar bear · ptarmigan · muskox · snowy owl · bowhead whale · lemming
Evans
Welsh-origin surname
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
transcription · romanization · typeface · keyboard · signage · literacy · script adaptation
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- Indigenous CanadaFirst Nations, Metis, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk
- Agglutinative LanguagesTurkish, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean
- Americas LanguagesSpanish, Portuguese, Nahuatl, Quechua, Mayan
- Canadian ArcticNunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Baffin Island, Yellowknife
- Indigenous American LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Nahuatl, Quechua, Ojibwe