How language links Alaska’s Arctic to Greenland

And what Iñupiatun speakers can learn from a flourishing Inuit language 2,000 miles away.

By Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger November 2, 2022
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I’ve been living in Nuuk, Greenland for the past three years where my wife and son are from, and despite being more than 2,000 miles away from Alaska as the crow flies, I hear Iñupiatun words spoken every day.

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