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[alcarilinque]

I frankly know nearly nothing about Inuktitut, but was drawn here through a series of links within LJ. I had been looking a little bit into Inuktitut because the language interests me to some extent (crazed linguist-in-training)... Just curious if anyone can reccomend any books or websites that they've found to be decent grammar references? I've

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Cool - welcome!

[bork]

http://www.shindale.com/inuktitut/index.shtml might be a good place to start. There's not a whole lot of online resources, unfortunately.

Re: Cool - welcome!

[alcarilinque]

That's a good start. Thanks for the link :D

It's really nifty to see a little bit of how the language works, and to actually hear it. the few websites I found didnt really say much about pronunciation, if really anything-- the R is really nifty. :] And as for the Q, I thought it was a glottal stop, but turns out not... but how do you pronounce a double q, though? Is it just a doubled version of the q, or something else? It sounded a bit like something else, but I'm not so sure...

[ashblue]

Hello. I'm new here as well... also a crazed linguist in training... with a developing interest in Inuit culture and Inuktitut. I hope the following helps some...

[alcarilinque]

Oh _wow_ ! Thanks for all of this-- I'll dig these up. :D

[ashblue]

I'm also building up a file of information, papers, sound files etc... Maybe we could share information? We could add eachother if you'd like...

[alcarilinque]

well, once I actually manage to research I could do that. :)