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History of the Labrador Province of the Moravian Church
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1524:Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas
1070:. Vol. 29, no. 1–2. pp. 187–205.
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1064:"Labrador Inuttitut: Speaking into the future"
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1011:"What is Inuktut? | Inuktut Tusaalanga"
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1082:"The Inuktitut/Inuttut Language"
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553:Vocabulary comparison
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270:Nunatsiavut uses a
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598:tundra swan
304:represents
213:Nunatsiavut
105:Proto-Inuit
89:Early forms
1488:Categories
1045:2016-08-24
1020:2022-03-24
996:2023-10-15
972:2023-10-15
948:References
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897:taraitijik
883:) 'twelve'
853:) 'Sunday'
783:) 'Monday'
763:) 'potato'
757:kâttopalak
753:) 'Friday'
723:) 'eleven'
676:arctic fox
656:tuktu ᑐᒃᑐ
650:snow goose
570:Inuttitut
567:Inuktitut
1463:indicate
1251:Inuttitut
1241:Inuktitut
893:) 'three'
861:Sonnabend
823:) 'seven'
761:Kartoffel
712:(1760s).
706:loanwords
624:gray wolf
559:Inuktitut
547:phonology
220:Greenland
201:Inuktitut
189:Inuttitut
135:Glottolog
123:ISO 639-3
73:Inuttitut
68:Inuktitut
22:Inuttitut
1406:See also
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1317:Qawiaraq
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1288:Kivalliq
1268:Siglitun
1234:Tunumiit
1208:Eskimoan
943:) 'week'
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907:Tenistâg
877:suvailva
857:Sunâpint
843:) 'hour'
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833:) 'coin'
793:) 'nine'
771:Mittwoch
685:umimmak
633:isungak
573:meaning
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276:Moravian
266:Alphabet
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53:Eskaleut
1461:Italics
1392:Sirenik
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873:) 'two'
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747:Fraitâg
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841:Stunde
831:Silber
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607:âlluk
516:o = uu
510:e = ii
504:â = aa
249:Hebron
238:, and
175:UNESCO
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58:Eskimo
36:Canada
1334:Yupik
1216:Inuit
1193:Aleut
1187:Aleut
941:Woche
937:vogik
927:viaga
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