inuktitut Archive

Uumasuusivissuaq

This poem written in both Inuktitut and Greenlandic tells the beautiful story of Nuliajuk,

ᒫᑯᓯ ᑲᓗᐊᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑦᓯᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᖅᑲᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂᒃ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ

A compendium of the mythical creatures, spirits, and strange beings of Greenland ᑲᓛᖦᖠᑦ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ

ᓱᒃᑲᓴᕖᖖᒐᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᖃᑕᖖᒍᑎᒌᒃ ᑎᖏᕐᕋᐅᑕᓕᒃᑰᖅᐴᒃ ᓯᓐᓇᒃᑑᒪᓇᖅᑐᒧᑦ! ᕿᑲᖅᓯᓚᐅᖖᒋᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᒃ ᕿᐱᐅᑉ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᕘᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᒪᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᓂᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑏᓚᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᖖᒍᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᑉᐸᓄᑦ,

Etua Snowball shares his childhood experience with the unlikeliest of friend—an Arctic wolf pup

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖕᒍᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᑐᖃᖕᒋᓐᓂᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐱᖖᒍᕐᓂᕐᒪᖕᒑᑦ. ᐅᑯᐊᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖏᒃ ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ

ᐊᐅᓚᔮᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᓂ ᐃᓄᑑᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᔨᒃᓴᑐᐊᖃᕐᓗᓂ. ᑐᓴᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖖᒋᑦᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᓯᔭᕇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ–ᒪᕼᐊᕼᐋᒥᒃ ᖁᐃᓇᒃᓵᕆᔨᒥᒃ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᖅᑭᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ

In this complex, at times dark, poetry collection from Inuk author Jamesie Fournier, readers

ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᕗᖅ ᐱᓱᒋᐅᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕋᓱᒃᐸᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓱᔾᔪᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᑖᓐᓇ

ᓃᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑦᓯᑉᔅ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᓛᑦᑎᐊᒃ, ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓ ᓇᑦᑎᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᒐᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᓃᑐᖅ ᑦᓯᑉᔅᓗ ᐊᕙᓗᑕᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓛᖖᒍᐊᓕᐅᖅᑐᒃ, ᐱᖖᒍᐊᕈᑎᒃᑐᑎᒡᓗ, ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐊᕿᑦᑐᓂᒃ