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1535:Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas
1081:. Vol. 29, no. 1–2. pp. 187–205.
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1075:"Labrador Inuttitut: Speaking into the future"
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1022:"What is Inuktut? | Inuktut Tusaalanga"
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564:Vocabulary comparison
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680:tiriganniaq ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ
1438:Inuktitut syllabics
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281:Nunatsiavut uses a
208:Nunatsiavummiutitut
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609:tundra swan
315:represents
224:Nunatsiavut
116:Proto-Inuit
100:Early forms
1499:Categories
1056:2016-08-24
1031:2022-03-24
1007:2023-10-15
983:2023-10-15
959:References
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908:taraitijik
894:) 'twelve'
864:) 'Sunday'
794:) 'Monday'
774:) 'potato'
768:kâttopalak
764:) 'Friday'
734:) 'eleven'
687:arctic fox
667:tuktu ᑐᒃᑐ
661:snow goose
581:Inuttitut
578:Inuktitut
1474:indicate
1262:Inuttitut
1252:Inuktitut
904:) 'three'
872:Sonnabend
834:) 'seven'
772:Kartoffel
723:(1760s).
717:loanwords
635:gray wolf
570:Inuktitut
558:phonology
231:Greenland
212:Inuktitut
200:Inuttitut
146:Glottolog
134:ISO 639-3
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79:Inuktitut
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1417:See also
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1328:Qawiaraq
1304:Netsilik
1299:Kivalliq
1279:Siglitun
1245:Tunumiit
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854:) 'hour'
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844:) 'coin'
804:) 'nine'
782:Mittwoch
696:umimmak
644:isungak
584:meaning
544:Dialects
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277:Alphabet
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153:nuna1235
64:Eskaleut
1472:Italics
1403:Sirenik
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824:) 'ten'
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605:ĸutjuk
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18:Inuttut
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527:o = uu
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515:â = aa
260:Hebron
249:, and
186:UNESCO
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1345:Yupik
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