Inuit Language and Names

What is the traditional language of the Inuit people?

• English

• French

• Inuktitut

• Iqaluit

Why is language important?

• It helps you name your pets

• it is a way for people to pass on traditions

• Allows you to surprise people on their birthday

• We can make our own languges whenever we want.

How do the Inuit people keep their traditions and culture alive?

• By making new friends

• By having tacos on Tuesdays

• by living in the southern part of Canada

• by speaking their language and teaching their children to speak it too.

Where might traditional language be used in Inuit communities?

• at home

• businesses

• radios

• community signs

• television

What are traditions?

• special parties

• beliefs or behaviours handed down from one generation to another.

• the way you treat your friends at recess

Why do traditional names can carry great responsibility?

• people believe that children share physical and personality traits with the people they are named after.

• they are harder to spell and tricky to remember

• they are what everyone calls you when you go to school

ATAUSIQ in Inuktitut means

• ONE

• TWO

• THREE

• FOUR

MARRUUK in Inuktitute means...

• ONE

• TWO

• THREE

• FOUR

How do your traditions connect you to your family or to the past?

• They come from other generations

• Traditions are celebrated with my family

• Traditions are the same for everyone

• Traditons are things I look forward to every year.

What languge is displayed here?

• English

• French

• Spanish

• Inuktitut