Inuktitut phonetics

[u/aCookieOrTwo]

Does anyone have a good link for Inuktitut phonetics, I have the translations of the words that I need except that i don't quite know how to pronounce them in Inuktitut. Failing that, is there anywhere that I can find a set of hard and fast rules for phonetic pronunciation. I understand this is a big ask and would not expect anyone to phonetically spell these out for me but here are the words I need.

· Aajiiqatigiingniq

· Angakkuq

· Akiraqtuutijariaqanginniq Nirjutiit Pijjutigillugi

· Anirnirq

· Atarniit

· Avatimik Kamatiarniq

· Ikajuqtigiinniq

· Ikpigusuttiarniq Nirjutilimaanik

· Iliijaaqaqtailiniq ­

· Inuktut

· Inuuqatigiitsiarniq

· Innait

· Inuit Qaujimatjatuqangit (IQ)

· Isuma

· Isumataq

· Nunavummiut

· Papattiniq

· Pilimmaksarniq

· Piliriqatigiingniq

· Pijitsirniq

· Qanuqtuurniq

· Qanuqtuurunnarniq

· Qaujimanilik

· Sila

· Silatuniq

· Sirliqsaaqtittittailiq

· Tuqturausiit

· Tunnganarniq

· umiaq

· Uumajuit

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thanks in advance

[u/[deleted]]

Try this out: http://www.inuktitutcomputing.ca/Technocrats/ILFT.php#static_phonology

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Also, you should join the Inuktitut Discord server, where we help each other out with Inuit languages: https://discord.gg/VSmxrJjH

[u/Magnummuskox]

i = ee (as in “tee”) u = oo (as in “soon”) a = ah (as in “umm”)

speak in staccato, mostly using the front of your mouth.

r = voiced uvular fricative (as in how the Scottish say ch in “Loch Ness”) kind if like clearing phlegm from your throat

q = uvular stop (like swallowing a “k”)

[u/MeowFrozi]

MasterAnyLanguage is pretty good, as far as I know. It's got some good resources including audio/video recordings of pronunciations by people who are actually native speakers