IlinniaKatigennik
Inuttitut Radio Show
Airing: Tuesdays
Time: 3-4 pm on OKâlaKatiget
The Torngâsok Cultural Centre has been working with the Asiujittailillugit UKausivut (Preserving our Language) Strategy Committee to develop an “Inuttitut Hour” program in partnership with the OKâlaKatiget Society. A contest to name the program was announced in December of 2012. Toby Kojak of Nain was the winner with the name “IlinniaKatigennik” (Learning Together).
The majority of the program is in Inuttitut, but the language lessons are a combination of English and Inuttitut.
To hear the show, please click on the links below!
Please see below for a summary of the Inuttitut Sound System.
The Working Group for IlinniaKatigennik would like to thank the sponsors of the program for their generous support:
Aurora Energy Limited, proud to sponsor the “Do You Know/Do You Remember” segment of IlinniaKatigennik. http://aurora-energy.ca/
Nunatsiavut Group of Companies (NGC), sponsor of the KidsTime segment. http://www.ngc-ng.ca/
Alana Johns, Professor of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~ajohns/
Hotel North, proud sponsor of the IlinniaKatigennik program. http://hotelnorth.ca/
Program segments include:
- Inuttitut lessons
- Contests
- Community updates
- “Do you know” & “Do you remember”
- Storytelling
- Call-in
- Music
It is our hope that listeners will give us feedback in order to make the program the best it can be for everyone!
You may have noticed we mentioned contests! Well, these contests have prizes thanks to the generous sponsorship of the program by businesses, individuals and organizations. We have weekly contests and then larger scale contests as well to promote the learning of Inuttitut!
We hope you enjoy, laugh, learn and continue to listen to IlinniaKatigennik!
UKâlasonguvunga, UKâlasonguvutit, UKâlasonguvugut ilonnata…Inuktitut!
Inuttitut Sound System (Developed by the Labrador School Board):
a i u = SHORT Vowel sounds â e o = LONG Vowel sounds pa pâ pi pe pu po pp ta tâ ti te tu to tt ka kâ ki ke ku ko kk ga gâ gi ge gu go gg ma mâ mi me mu mo mm na nâ ni ne nu no nn sa sâ si se su so ts la lâ li le lu lo ll ja jâ ji je ju jo tj va vâ vi ve vu vo pv (or bv) ra râ ri re ru ro Ka Kâ Ki Ke Ku Ko kK nga ngâ ngi nge ngu ngo nga tla tlâ tli tle tlu tlo (can be dl as well) ia - sounds like ee-ah ai - sounds like eye au - sounds like ow ua - sounds like ooh-ah iu - sounds like eww (or e-u) ui - sounds like oh-ee kangidluasuk ka/ngi/dlua/suk (don’t forget the ua = ooh-ah sound) Torngâsok Tor/ngâ/sok (note = r is silent) Nunatsiavut Nu/nat/sia/vut (note ia = ee-ah) Tasiujatsoak Ta/siu/jat/soak (note iu = eww)