Ilisimayuat uqautchitmun: Naalautit uqaqtuaq Inuvialuktun naalaktuaqtuaq

CBC savaktuat quliaq illisaknaiqtuat United Nation uqaqtuat 2019 International Year Indigenous Language.Taamna illisaknaiqtuat nakuruallaktuaq taimaagaa uqautchitlu, isumaliuqtuaq, atuatchikun uqautchit, kasuqnaituklu tutqaanaittuqlu.

Dodie Malegana nutararaalukmi, tusaayaa Inuvialuktun. Attataklu, annanaklu inuguqtitat Aklavik, NWTmi, Inuvialuktun kisaini uqaqtuat."taamna kisain uqautchit uvanga tusayaaya."

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Aglaan Malegana, uqautchit uqaqniqtuaq.Kiuyuaqpaqtuaq ilatmunlu inuuniarvikminlu Taniqtaqmun kisaini, asiin kangiqsiyaa uqaqtuut Inuvialuktunmi.

Savaktuaq CBCmi, 38 ukiuq, naalautitmun Tusaavik, kisaini uqaqtuaq Inuvialuktun.

"Isumayuami, nikagiyaa, aglaan," iglaqtuaq. "pitchiriaqtuq, pisaallaktuaqmi."

Malegana uqaqtuaq kiuyuat ikayuqti.Innait uniyaa ikayuqlu ilurriyaalu uqaqman. Tapqua, uqaqtuaq, nakuruallaktuaq uqaqman.

"Dodie itqaqtuaq, uqausiqiyumaarnaq uqaqtuaq, apaa quviasuktuaq uqayuma naalautit, apaa qulviyuaq.

Tadjvangaanin, Malegana, 55 ukiuqmi, uqausiqiyuma naalautitmun pingasutmi Whitehorsemi, asiin kangma Edmonton aimayuaq, paniklu, inrutaaluklu.

Ilisautdjiyaa uqausiq

Malegana, Ilisautdji ingilraan, unniqtugaa sivituyumik ilisautdjinaiqtuaq inugiaktuk inuit tamaan 54 minutes, asulu 30 seconds naalautitmun sanasuillutik akunrani.

Isaktuaq naalautitmun, uqaqtuaq pingasutmik Inuvialuktun uqausiit.Uqaqtuaq pingasutmik uqausiit, asiin malruknik Taniqtaqmun."Pisaallaktuaqmi," uqaqtuaq.

Malegana uqaqtuaq, ilisaqluusi kangma, asiin uqaqlusi Nunaruaqqaaqtuat uqausiq.Ami puigugaa uqallaun Inuvialuktun, itqaqtuaq ilatka."iyi sikun'ngiqtuaqlu isumayuaqmi, 'OK, Qanuq amaamakma uqaqtuaq?"

Dodie pisuktuaq nutaraq tamaan ilisaqtuut, asulu uqausiq kisaini program ilisarvikmi.

"Pisuktuaqmi nakuruallaktuaqlu uqausiit taimannga sivituyumik, tamaan Inuit pisaallaktuaq," uqaqtuaq Malegana. "nakuuyuqnaiqutauq."