There is a new program launched to help teach Inuttitut.
Today, May 9, 2023, the Nunatsiavut Government’s Department of Language, Culture and Tourism launched a website called Tusaalanga.
Tusaalanga is a project aimed to assist Beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement on how to speak and read the Labrador Inuit dialect. The department has partnered with an Inuit organization “Pirurvik” based out of Iqaluit, to create Nunatsiavut Inuttitut textbooks in levels 1, 2 and 3 as well as a website.
Roxanne Barbour, Minister of Language, Culture and Tourism says, “The website and this resource was created with hopes that adult learners, junior high and high school students will benefit the most.”
To mark the launch of tusaalanga.ca, there will be open houses today. These events will take place from 10am till 12 noon, and 1-3pm at the Illusuak Centre in Nain, and the DHSD building in Hopedale. There will also be a live Facebook feed for those who cannot attend in person.
“We were delighted to have been part of the success of this project for Nunatsiavummiut. Our Inuktut language must be our daily priority and must have a rightful place too in the digital world.” Stated Chris Douglas, Pirurvik’s director of productions.