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	Wikipedia: Inuktitut
		It is related to the Aleut language, and together they form the Eskimo-Aleut family; while this has no proven wider affinities, some postulation has taken place as to the relation of Inuktitut to the Indo-European languages and to the Nostratic superphylum.
		Northwest Territories, Canada (Inuktitut, Innuinaqtun, and Inuvialuktun, with Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich'in, Slavey, and Tli Cho).
		Also, according to the Charter of the French Language in Quebec, Canada, Inuktitut is the official language of instruction for Inuit school districts in Nunavik (northern Quebec).
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/i/in/inuktitut.html (201 words)

	Conciliator's Final Report - Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) Implementation Contract Negotiations for the Second ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		However, aside from the erosion of the indigenous language itself, the issue that concerns teachers and parents is the possible effect of language loss on the student’s ability to perform in academic situations, to be able to use language for the higher-order, literacy-related school tasks that with each grade become more and more challenging.
		Language is so intimately related to the form and content of expression that there cannot be true freedom of expression by means of language if one is prohibited from using the language of one’s choice.
		In Kitikmeot, Innuinaqtun is rendered in a Roman orthography.
	www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /pr/agr/nu/lca/lca5_e.html (6637 words)

	Innuinaqtun fading?
		One of Nunavut's few Innuinaqtun interpreter-translators, Kadlun-Jones said the call when she was in high school and teachers needed to send information home to unilingual parents.
		Innuinaqtun is the dialect of Inuktitut spoken in the western Kitikmeot communities of Kugluktuk, Kingaok (Bathurst Inlet), Cambridge Bay and Umingmaktuuq (Bay Chimo).
		She said Innuinaqtun courses are necessary to boost the number of fluent people and to generate interest in working with the dialect.
	nnsl.com /frames/newspapers/frames/newspapers/2000-11/nov27_00lang.html (573 words)

	de Inuktitut Inuktitut lit Like the Inuit is the language of...
		It is related to the Aleut Aleut language, and together they form the Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo-Aleut family; while this has no proven wider affinities, some postulation has taken place as to the relation of Inuktitut to the Indo-European languages Indo-European languages and to the Nostratic Nostratic superphylum.
		Northwest Territories Northwest Territories, Canada (Inuktitut, Innuinaqtun, and Inuvialuktun Inuvialuktun, with Chipewyan Chipewyan, Cree Cree, English English, French French, Gwich'in Gwich'in, Slavey Slavey, and Tli Cho Tli Cho).
		Also, according to the Charter of the French Language Charter of the French Language in Quebec Quebec, Canada, Inuktitut is the official language of instruction for Inuit school districts in Nunavik Nunavik (northern Quebec).
	www.biodatabase.de /Inuktitut (270 words)

	Nunatsiaq News
		On the contrary, language bureau staff will be expected to play a lead role in the protection, promotion and revitalization of Inuktitut, including Innuiaqtun and Inuvialuktun.
		One of the language bureau's first tasks will be to find ways to make Inuktitut-speaking elders part of the education process at community schools, as language consultants and-or instructors.
		In the meantime, the office of the Interim Commissioner has instructed the Culture, Language, Elders and Youth Department to work closely with the Department of Education to develop new Inuktitut education courses and material for the Kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum.
	www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut981130/nvt81106_05.html (801 words)

	Asl Interpreting Update \| Asl Interpreting Web-Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Schedules american sign language interpreting service for the deaf one of the earliest private sign language interpreting referral agencies established in the united states balance of staff and freelance asl interpreters to meet our objective.
		The american sign language english interpreter training program at palomar college is a two year course of study that prepares students for employment in the interpreting profession.
		At issue for educators and lawmakers is whether it has the components of a bona fide language a set of unique linguistic components, a culture, a body of literature, all components of other languages.
	www.sign-language-central-resource.info /asl-interpreting.html (1211 words)

	Translating gets easier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The government of Nunavut used a week-long Inuktitut terminology and language conference to roll out a new typeface, or font, designed to simplify translation.
		About 50 Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun translators attended the conference, which was sponsored by the Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth.
		Language commissioner Eva Aariak said the most important outcome from the conference is more agreed-upon Inuktitut equivalents for foreign words.
	www.nnsl.com /frames/newspapers/2001-11/nov5_01font.html (195 words)

	sign language
		A sign language (also 'signed language') is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts.
		They are not based on the spoken language in the country of origin; in fact their complex spatial grammars are markedly different.
		Sign languages are not often written; most deaf people who use sign language read and write the spoken language of their country.
	www.etigazette.com /Top-News-Searches-2005-She-to-Sil/sign_language.php (2311 words)

	G. Trépanier, Inuit Online Culture and The World Wide Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Indeed, this language receives a good deal of attention online and is starting to be developed as a viable way of communicating on the Web, despite of the fact of a writing system that does not use roman orthography.
		Languages are inherently different systems that represent and express even the most common situations in varied ways.
		Indeed, languages are different but, "different languages are equally valid in describing the observable phenomena of the universe." This is similar to Eco’s incommensurability of languages.
	barthes.ens.fr /translatio/rw/lexperimenta/trepanier (5387 words)

	Adventures of a Geo-Geek, Weblog Edition: Huliniakpin?
		There are a couple of local dialects, one of which is Innuinaqtun, which is spoken here and in Kugluktuk (formerly known as Coppermine) and Cambridge Bay.
		Last night, a couple of young girls here in town were trying to teach me some words - I'm not very good at it, but I did check the bit of Inuktitut I've picked up (all 10 words of it!) with them, and some words are the same, others aren't - about what I'd expected.
		Innuinaqtun, unlike Inuktitut, commonly uses Roman letters, not syllabics.
	johanna.wandel.ca /babbles/archives/000167.html (333 words)

	Languages web search
		Languages web search - We have a comprehensive Languages directory that will enable you to find millions of Languages online.
		The study of languages in schools is going through a period of "transition" after a sharp fall in the number of pupils choosing French and German, the government said today.
		The study of languages in schools is going through a period of "transition" after a sharp fall in the number of pupils choosing French and German, government says.
	allmysearchengines.com /directory.php?c=/Computers/History/Languages (837 words)

	Canku Ota - October 5, 2002 - Inuktitut flash cards distributed to pre-schoolers
		IQALUIT, Nunavut (September 27, 2002) - Jack Anawak, Minister of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth (CLEY), has unveiled the new Inuktitut flash cards for pre-schoolers at the Inukshuk Infant Development Centre in Iqlauit.
		Last year CLEY awarded $420,856 in grants and contributions to non-profit community based organizations and individuals for the promotion/preservation of the Inuktitut/Innuinaqtun language.
		Canku Ota is a free Newsletter celebrating Native America, its traditions and accomplishments.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues02/Co10052002/CO_10052002_Flash_Cards.htm (294 words)

	CBC News: Inuit sign language may get legal status in Nunavut
		While many of them learned American Sign Language in southern schools, deaf Inuit who don't know ASL tend to communicate with a combination of hand signals, body language and facial expressions that is being called Inuit Sign Language.
		Jamie MacDougall, a specialist in language and perception, was brought in from Montreal to determine if the man could communicate in any known sign language.
		The department responsible for official languages is putting together a proposal to include both Inuit Sign Language and American Sign Language in that bill.
	cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2006/07/23/inuit-sign060723.html?ref=rss (905 words)

	Sign Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Going through the papers of her younger brother, James S. Eddy, Laraine Metheny found a letter their mother had written recalling how she had discovered that her son was born deaf....
		They may be too young to speak, but Alexandra and Andrew have joined the growing numbers of hearing babies who are learning sign language to tell their parents what they are thinking....
		Now it is considering legal status for two sign languages, one of them apparently unique to deaf Inuit.
	sign-language.shihlin.org (926 words)

	Canadian Politics: Language issues...again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		My only beef is that the guy complaining isn't taking into consideration all of the other languages that are already serviced through the territories gov't, you got your Dogrib, Cree, Innuinaqtun...etc And there are other native language groups that aren't serviced but still wanna be...
		Although English is the first language heard, you're more likley going to hear/read the native languages more often up there since they would be used by the majority of the populace.
		Lawyers for the N.W.T. government told a Yellowknife court Wednesday that the provision of French language service must be balanced against the number of people who actually speak the language in the territory.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/post-128747.html (1311 words)

	LanguageAndHumor.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Council member and double-L advocate John Tobin is quoted as saying “I will not be part of the dumbing down of the English language.” He seems to be ignorant of the issue.
		However, for the audience he had to talk and sign at the same time, so the talking was perfect and the signing was abbreviated. His signing was also jerky instead of fluid, so it was unpleasant to watch.
		An in-development speech recognition/dictation device for making college lecture transcripts available to deaf and hard of hearing students is being broadened to English as a second language students and corporate uses, such as teleconferencing.
	languageandhumor.net /2006/07/26/inuit-sign-language-and-asl-recogni... (2106 words)

	EMINOL
		IQALUIT, NUNAVUT (CP):Inuit translators and elders from across the Arctic are meeting this week to develop standard words to allow speakers of Inuktitut to talk about the accelerating global warming of their homeland.
		This week's four-day workshop will cover Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun, spoken in the Western Arctic, as well as various dialects of both languages.
		The workshop is only the latest in a number of such efforts to keep Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun relevant and usable in today's world.
	www.sikunews.com /art.html?artid=556&catid=19 (500 words)

	Travel to Nunavut - Nunavut Tourism
		This newest and largest of Canada's provinces and territories was split off from the Northwest Territories in 1999 after a long land-claims process.
		The official languages are English, French, Inuktitut, and Innuinaqtun.
		It is one of the most sparsely populated regions of the world - fewer than 30,000 people in an area the size of Western Europe.
	www.atraveldirectory.com /N/Nunavut.html (199 words)

	asl sign language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Cain discovered she enjoyed American Sign Language after taking a class while she was in college.
		And I'ma fluent signer, and I am committed to American sign language or ASL as we call it as the dominant form of instruction at Gallaudet University.
		Indeed, it is only in the past few decades that "oral" language such as ASL (American Sign Language), which has no written equivalent, have begun to be seen as...
	language.view-search.com /asl-sign-language/index.html (872 words)

	Nunatsiaq News
		To change this, the report recommends the college create a policy that supports Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun as languages of instruction.
		Classes in Inuktitut or Innuinaqtun should be requirements for all programs, either as a first or second language.
		The college should also increase the number of Inuktitut or Innuinaqtun language instructors across the territory, the report says.
	www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/50311/news/nunavut/50311_05.html (686 words)

	CASLT Monthly Newsletter - August 2006
		“Learning a language contributes greatly to developing and heightening cognitive skills which transfer automatically onto core subjects that are nationally measured, such as math and language arts,” Zoubir-Shaw said.
		French and English Language Tools is a "google toolbar" type menu system, that blends in with the look and feel of your browser.
		Proverbs, quotations and sayings about language (In many languages with the English translation) — Form a number of these, a sound file is available so you can hear the quote.
	www.caslt.org /Info2/CASLTnewsletter.htm (1623 words)

	Canadian Politics: Language issues...again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A Yellowknife court has heard that francophones in the Northwest Territories are being denied their right to service in their own language.
		I guess my only response is that the last time i checked, canada was an English-French billingual country and that all provinces had to offer both languages in its government buildings.
		And that shouldn't mean that all government workers need to speak that language, it should mean that somebody at the government office can offer service in that language.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/about8949.html (1311 words)

	Javorie.com :: Test :: World :: Inuktitut
		An ambitious recording of songs in English, Inuktitut and Innuinaqtun will use the language of music to help teach and preserve spoken languages in schools...
		Reviving the Mohawk language with an immersion scheme - Nunatsiaq News
		Reviving the Mohawk language with an immersion scheme
	www.javorie.com /directory/index.php/Test/World/Inuktitut (547 words)

	Sign Language Information - Sign Language Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Leisman, another Deaf leader and clergyman, likewise was effusive in his poems and sermons about Sign Language, writing for example, O master of all languages, we thank Thee for the power and the glory of the Sign Language..
		We are impressed with the true language interoperability and other advantages of the Cadence NC Sim environment.
		Patterson wanted to teach American Sign Language in a less formal atmosphere that would be open to everyone, to people of all different signing levels.
	sign-language-central-resource.info /comparison-american-sign-language... (966 words)

	... - speechandnaturallanguage :: Cooperate With Translators -- It Pays By Alexandra Gamanenko Free Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		When a business goes global, there is a risk of being not properly understood in other languages, or, even worse, misunderstood.
		That is why, when you are going to expand your business, your success can depend on the person who translates your website, documentation, ads and so on.
		Be ready to change photos and illustrations, sometimes redo the graphics and alter the whole style of your website if necessary.
	language.multiplearticles.com /.../speechandnaturallanguage%0D.html (459 words)

	sign language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sign Language Associates (SLA) is the oldest, largest, and most successful private interpreting service provider in the country with a national reputation for quality and performance excellence •>
		A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms...
		Article covering sign language, a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's thoughts.
	www.viallcom.com /sign-language.html (987 words)

	Opera Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This station serves the Inuit community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada in English and Innuinaqtun.
		Freeform radio from around the Pacific and the world broadcasting music, spoken-word and community discussion across the internet with emphasis on music from the communities in and around the Pacific.
		Radio KDNA in eastern Washington state is the only full-time educational Spanish language public radio station in the United States.
	portal.opera.com /web?cat=3228 (1596 words)

	celebratingwomeninthekitchen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		French sign language Futuna German Greek Gujerati Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Ilocano Innuinaqtun...
		Language: English, Hebrew 1 1 Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:31 am simoes India Languages: Hindi, Gujerati, Marathi, English 1 1 Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:23 pm epopmedia...
		The leaflet is available in the following languages; English, Bengali, Gujerati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese and Somali.
	yourlimosine.info /Gujerati/597483.html (560 words)

	216 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		• why he/she wishes to be a language teacher
		and oracy in either Inuktitut or Innuinaqtun as
		Funding for this program is provided by contributions
	www.nac.nu.ca /courses/couse_program_files/216.htm (102 words)

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