Inuk activist and politician Tagak Curley and assistant professor Lydia Schoeppner are working to translate a series of letters written in an older form of Inuktitut syllabics. In the letters, elders share what needs to be done to help Inuit language, identity and culture survive.
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Aug 7, 2022
‘Puzzle piece of Inuit history’: Duo launches translation project of historic letters
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Andrea Capuselli
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It is good that they work on keeping their native language alive. Too many of the indigenous languages have been lost already.
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It is good that they work on keeping their native language alive. Too many of the indigenous languages have been lost already.
Maybe Proz should have a powwow about it.
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There are still several hundred Inuit and a few other people who speak this beautiful language, so a powwow might be a good idea for the people to spread their native tongue, to share it with those who are interested.
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There are still several hundred Inuit and a few other people who speak this beautiful language, so a powwow might be a good idea for the people to spread their native tongue, to share it with those who are interested.
Congratulations on not spotting the irony in my comment.
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