Text Example of Iñuvialuktun/Inuvialuktun/Inuinnaqtun

This text is from the “Our Voices 2006 Calendar”. The calendar encompasses the three dialects spoken in the Northwest Territories: Kangiryuarmiutun, Siglitun, and Uummarmiutun. The section here is from the December 2006 page; it discusses the Northern Games. There are characters outside the Unicode standard.

Kangiryuarmiutun

Qangaraaluk Inuit katimaryuarangamik inuit piuyauhiinik piuyayuktugaluat. Iligiiktiqhutik tamatkikhutik piuyayuktugaluat. Katimagyaurangamik hapkuninga piuyayhiqaqpakut. Qilriqtaqhutik aqamaqhutik hiutimikut nuhukautiplutiklu hiutimingni uqumailitaqaqhutiklu ungahiktilarutivaktut. 1970mi Inuvingmiut ikitkaluaqhutik ikayuqtigiikhutik katimaqatigiikamik hannaiyaiplutik katimapkaivaktut inuit pitquhigaluanginik puiguqunagit quviahuqatigiiquplugitlu inuit. Inupiat Alaskamin itqiliitlu Gwich’in Yukonmin Inuvialuitlu Denaitlu Ualiningmiunin Iniunnaitlu Nunavingmin Katimaqatigiikpaktut quliit ublut naatugit. Huqulaplutik, qilautdjaqhutik niriqatigiikhutik piuyaqatigiikhutiklu pitquhingmingniklu qun’ngiaqtitiplutiklu.

Siglitun

Taimani inuit katimmata quviasugiaqlutik, Inuvialuit piuyaysinganik piuyaruuyuat. Akirariiklutik pivaktuat tamaita tadjvaniittuat ilauvaktuatlu. Savviasiarlutik, pirnirmiuttaqlutiglu, siutimingniglu uqumaitilaaqlutiglu taimaatchinik piuyaqpaktuat quviasugvingmi. 1970 ukiungani, inukittuat inuit katimayuat Inuuvingmi Nunatchiami quviasugvingmik piliuqtuat quviasugvigitqublugu itdjusingit tamaani. Inupiat Alaskamin, Itqilit Yukonmin, Inuvialuitlu Dene Itqilitlu Uallinirmin, suliptauq Inuitlu Nunavutmin, katittuat qulini ubluni atuqlutik, qilausiyaqlutiglu mumiqlutiglu, niripkaiblutiglu, akimablutiglu piuyaqlutik ingilraanitanik, takutqublugitlu allat inuusimingnik.

Uummarmiutun

Ingilraan iñuit katimakaming anaktaur̂aruur̂uat Iñuvialuktun iluriikhuting. Iñuit kihutliqaa ilauvluting. Aqihuraaq, aqamaur̂aq, hiuting nuqitlugit, atlat iñugiaktut anaktaur̂autit. 1970mi Iñuuvingmiut nunaptingni atautchimukhuting aularnihaqtuat ilagivlugit Iñupiat Alaskamin, itqilit Yukonmin, Dene, Iñuvialuitlu Uummarmi, Iñuit Nunavutmin katimar̂uat qulini uvluni niripkaivluting, atukluting, mumikluting atlakariit anaktaur̂autit ingilraangaanin atuat.