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Title: Inuit Way of Life By: Matthew, Maddison, Sofia


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Inuit Way of LifeBy Matthew, Maddison, Sofia
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Language
  • Inuit language is called Inukitut
  • 90,000 people know Inukitut
  • It is similar to the Yupik language
  • Sylabary and the Latin alphabet are the two ways
    to speak Inukitut

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Words
  • Hello is Ai or Ainngai in Inukitut
  • Goodbye is Tavvaujuki in Inukitut
  • Inuit means the people in Inukitut

4
Writing
  • An upside down triangle means ai
  • An upright triangle means I
  • A triangle that its tip is facing left means u
  • A triangle that its tip is facing right means pai
  • The Inuits write in sylabary

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Marriage
  • Special ceremony
  • They get married at the age 17 up
  • Family members and friends come to the ceremony

6
Family
  • Move close to family
  • When building house they have family help
  • On holidays family get together and have a meal

7
Work
  • Women made clothes
  • Men made tools
  • Children help build their home

8
Spirits
  • They believe every object and human being has a
    spirit.
  • Spirits are not good or bad but have effects on
    the thing.
  • Shamans can control this spirit with the correct
    charms.

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Gods
  • Seda goddess of the sea.
  • Say a prayer for her and shell give you a good
    hunt, if not shell keep the animals away.
  • Annigan, the moon god
  • Chases his sister (the sun goddess) across the
    sky.

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Holidays
  • They celebrate some holidays on the Christian
    calendar.
  • There is a feast called Pottoatch where family
    and friends all get together.
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