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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Inuktitut

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Inuktitut words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

A welcome sign in Inuktitut and English at Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Counting to ten
10 words ยท 20 seconds each ยท 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Emilijak Knezevic, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Inuktitut phrases in this lesson

แŠแ‘•แ…แ“ฏแ–…ah-ta-OO-sik
One
แ’ชแ•แ•‰แ’ƒmar-ROOK
Two
แฑแ–“แ“ฑแ‘ฆpee-NGA-soot
Three
แ“ฏแ‘•แ’ชแ‘ฆsee-TA-mat
Four
แ‘•แ“ชแ“•แ’ชแ‘ฆtal-LEE-mat
Five

From the word for an arm: one hand of fingers. Above five, many people count in English.

แŠแ•แ••แ“‚แ“•แ’ƒar-vee-NEE-lik
Six

Literally "it has the other side", the second hand.

แŠแ•แ••แ“‚แ–… แ’ชแ•แ•‰แ’ƒar-VEE-nik mar-ROOK
Seven

Literally "the other side, two".

แŠแ•แ••แ“‚แ–… แฑแ–“แ“ฑแ‘ฆar-VEE-nik pee-NGA-soot
Eight
แ–แ“•แ†แ™ฑแ‘ฆแ‘แ–…koo-lee-oo-NGIT-tok
Nine

Literally "not quite ten".

แ–แ“•แ‘ฆKOO-lit
Ten

Where Inuktitut is spoken

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