{"id":656,"date":"2017-04-17T10:12:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/inuit-toc\/10-langue\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T09:42:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:42:22","slug":"10-langue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voixmultiples.com\/en\/inuit-toc\/10-langue\/","title":{"rendered":"10 &#8211; Langue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LANGUAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It could name anything. The names of mountains and rivers. Soft and hard woods. Edible wild berries and those that harm. Wet and powdery snow. The north wind, violent, incessant; the calm sea breeze in the early morning, at twilight. The, Innu, Atikamekw, Wendat, Maliseet, Mi&#8217;gmak, and Naskapi languages could name every single thing on earth, every human emotion.<\/p>\n<p>These are ancient languages that remind us of a distant past, where <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"Throughout my childhood, I didn\u2019t hear anyone speak \u201cpoetically\u201d, which is why I found it a bit difficult to translate this text. At the same time, it allowed me to see that one can speak poetically; I found it nice to see the Inuit language presented this way, it was inspiring. When I was still a student at Universit\u00e9 Laval, we had to talk about a minority people and their language. I obviously chose the Inuit. I had met many of them in Montreal. I interviewed a gentleman, he was Inuit, he spoke Inuktitut, but he never spoke to his children in Inuktitut. He said that Inuktitut was not practical in a city like Montreal, that it was only practical in the far north, with other Inuit, since it was a descriptive and practical language intended for hunting. In Montreal, he didn\u2019t feel the need to teach Inuktitut to his children. It had touched me, given that with this perception, we don\u2019t maintain the language strong and alive. I believe that speaking a language is also a way of thinking; it\u2019s a form of identity. No matter where you are, it can be practical. I don\u2019t think we change our identity, only if we move to another place. Seeing a text like that, spiritual, poetic and philosophical, I thought, yes, Inuktitut can be spoken like that.\">poetry<\/a> and rhythm are as much inspiration as nature itself.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"Throughout my childhood, I didn\u2019t hear anyone speak \u201cpoetically\u201d, which is why I found it a bit difficult to translate this text. At the same time, it allowed me to see that one can speak poetically; I found it nice to see the Inuit language presented this way, it was inspiring. When I was still a student at Universit\u00e9 Laval, we had to talk about a minority people and their language. I obviously chose the Inuit. I had met many of them in Montreal. I interviewed a gentleman, he was Inuit, he spoke Inuktitut, but he never spoke to his children in Inuktitut. He said that Inuktitut was not practical in a city like Montreal, that it was only practical in the far north, with other Inuit, since it was a descriptive and practical language intended for hunting. In Montreal, he didn\u2019t feel the need to teach Inuktitut to his children. It had touched me, given that with this perception, we don\u2019t maintain the language strong and alive. I believe that speaking a language is also a way of thinking; it\u2019s a form of identity. No matter where you are, it can be practical. I don\u2019t think we change our identity, only if we move to another place. Seeing a text like that, spiritual, poetic and philosophical, I thought, yes, Inuktitut can be spoken like that.\">poetry<\/a> is necessary and vital since a people\u2019s literature begins with the orality of its <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"Throughout my childhood, I didn\u2019t hear anyone speak \u201cpoetically\u201d, which is why I found it a bit difficult to translate this text. At the same time, it allowed me to see that one can speak poetically; I found it nice to see the Inuit language presented this way, it was inspiring. When I was still a student at Universit\u00e9 Laval, we had to talk about a minority people and their language. I obviously chose the Inuit. I had met many of them in Montreal. I interviewed a gentleman, he was Inuit, he spoke Inuktitut, but he never spoke to his children in Inuktitut. He said that Inuktitut was not practical in a city like Montreal, that it was only practical in the far north, with other Inuit, since it was a descriptive and practical language intended for hunting. In Montreal, he didn\u2019t feel the need to teach Inuktitut to his children. It had touched me, given that with this perception, we don\u2019t maintain the language strong and alive. I believe that speaking a language is also a way of thinking; it\u2019s a form of identity. No matter where you are, it can be practical. I don\u2019t think we change our identity, only if we move to another place. Seeing a text like that, spiritual, poetic and philosophical, I thought, yes, Inuktitut can be spoken like that.\">poetry<\/a>. It is a life force that grabs you by the gut, which tugs at the back of your throat; it is a wild territory of words just waiting to be discovered and scattered by the winds. So here we are. Talk of beauty. Talk of truth. Talk of the world. Take part in our unique perspective of this beautiful and great narrative, in the wealth of these outlooks.<\/p>\n<p>With words, we find and share the beauty that surrounds us, the stories and the different perspectives on the world introduced by each language; of all these characteristics that make us rise and define us in terms of identity. For us, <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"Throughout my childhood, I didn\u2019t hear anyone speak \u201cpoetically\u201d, which is why I found it a bit difficult to translate this text. At the same time, it allowed me to see that one can speak poetically; I found it nice to see the Inuit language presented this way, it was inspiring. When I was still a student at Universit\u00e9 Laval, we had to talk about a minority people and their language. I obviously chose the Inuit. I had met many of them in Montreal. I interviewed a gentleman, he was Inuit, he spoke Inuktitut, but he never spoke to his children in Inuktitut. He said that Inuktitut was not practical in a city like Montreal, that it was only practical in the far north, with other Inuit, since it was a descriptive and practical language intended for hunting. In Montreal, he didn\u2019t feel the need to teach Inuktitut to his children. It had touched me, given that with this perception, we don\u2019t maintain the language strong and alive. I believe that speaking a language is also a way of thinking; it\u2019s a form of identity. No matter where you are, it can be practical. I don\u2019t think we change our identity, only if we move to another place. Seeing a text like that, spiritual, poetic and philosophical, I thought, yes, Inuktitut can be spoken like that.\">poetry<\/a>, the language of observation, makes perfect sense, it comes naturally. It is what allows for the understanding of reality in the most fluid manner possible, the most organic.<\/p>\n<p>Aboriginal languages \u200b\u200btell our story, the places where our ancestors have travelled, however <a class=\"lightbox_trigger\" href=\"#\" data-description=\"The difficulty in Inuktitut translation is that there are several things which don\u2019t exist in that language. At first, writing in Inuktitut, using a syllabic model, was developed by a white missionary, so that the Inuit could read the Bible in their language. In the Bible, there isn\u2019t necessarily a nuclear reactor! Or any kind of scientific term, for that matter. When it doesn\u2019t exist in Inuktitut, each translator must research and find a way to express it.\">they are unable to name all the modernity, the sudden and swift changes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aboriginal languages \u200b\u200bare not often written since they are read by few people. They were practical languages, created to name the function of things. They were not languages designed for writing, but rather for chanting and speeches. Both of these arts are still the most mastered today. In new Aboriginal literature, we use maternal languages \u200b\u200bto recreate the time of our ancestors, renew our perspective on their gestures, and poetize the vastness of nature. Each word conjures a powerful and real imagery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANGUAGE It could name anything. The names of mountains and rivers. Soft and hard woods. Edible wild berries and those that harm. 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