Distance learning in Inuktitut

Inalco's training in Inuit language and culture is based on the study of Inuktitut, spoken by the Inuit of the Canadian Eastern Arctic. Inuktitut has official status in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec) and Nunavut. It is the language of Nunavik that serves as the standard for learning at Inalco. With an oral tradition, but transcribed for over a century using a syllabary, Inuktitut has an extremely exotic, polysynthetic structure.

Teaching, over four years, is provided by Marc-Antoine Mahieu. The Passport in Inuktitut 1 takes place over two years, while the Passport in Inuktitut 2 and 3 takes place over one year. It includes: acquisition of the structures and fundamentals of the language, practice in oral and written expression, analysis of a variety of texts, translation into and from Inuktitut, as well as a linguistic opening onto the diversity of dialects, how they function and evolve. Courses in Inuit culture are taught by Guy Bordin and other guest lecturers. These include history and anthropology.

More information on teaching Inuktitut at Inalco

Registration for the "Inuktitut Distance Passport" allows students based in Canada to take courses via videoconferencing, but does not lead to a diploma.

This training is thus mainly aimed at people with a professional or research activity related to the Inuit of Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).

Divided into each semester of Passport 1:
Theory and practice of speaking and writing 
Inuit culture: fundamental issues

Divided into each semester of Passport 2 and 3:
Deepening knowledge
Inuit culture: thematic studies

Visoconferences, Zoom

Continuous assessment + free exams: exam arrangements depend on the course and its teacher.