ᑕᑯᐊ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᕕᓃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᕐᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᓃᑦ/ᑐᓂᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᕕᓃᑦ ᑯᑕᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᖅᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᑐᓃᑦ ᓴᐃᓕᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᔪᕕᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᐸᒡᕕᓵᕆᔨᐅᓇᑎᒃ, ᐸᒡᕕᓵᕐᒃᑕᐅᖏᒃᑯᑎᒃ. ᐱᖁᑎᕕᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᓃᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒃᑐᑦ ᓇᓂᓕᒫᕌᓗᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᕐᒃᑐᕐᒥ.

ᑐᓃᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᔫᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ; ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᓯᓕᒃᑑᑎᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓘᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ. ᓂᙵᒃᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᒃ, ᑐᓃᑦ ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑭᕋᕐᒥᓄᑦ.

ᑕᑯᓯᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᓯᓕᒃᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ, ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᒥᒃ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᕿᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑕ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑎᕕᓂᐊᓗᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑎᖃᖅᐸ, ᑐᓂᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒃ. ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᒃᓚᒃᐸᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᐅᒐᔭᕐᒃᑕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖏᓪᓗᑎᑦ.

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takua inuulauqtuviniit ukiuqtarktumi inuit inuulauqtinnagit. taakkua tuniit/tunirjuat uqausiqalauqtuviniit kutak?utik uvvaluunniit nutaraqtitut uqausiqaq?utik. tuniit sailillutik inujuviniit asiminik pagvisaarijiunatik, pagvisaarktaungikkutik. piqutiviningit tuniit nanijaujunnarktut nanilimaaraaluk ukiuqtarkturmi.

tuniit anginingit inutuinnaqtitut angijuutigilauqtut; kisianili siliktuutialuulauqtut sanngijualuullutiglu. ninngaktitaugutik, tuniit sanngijualuulauqtut akirarminut.

takusimaguvit siliktualungmi, sanngijualungmik inungmik, annuraaqsimajumik qisirnik ammalu sivunitta sanarrutivinialunginnik sanarrutiqaqpa, tuniutuinnarialik. ilingnut uqaklakpat sukkaillutik kiugajarktat ammalu uqausirjuanik atungillutit.

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These are the people who lived in the north before the Inuit. These beings spoke a simple language, sometimes referred to as “Kutak” or “baby-talk”. The Tuniit were a peaceful people who minded their own business, if left alone. Artifacts of the Tuniit can be found all over the north.

The Tuniit were the same height as regular people; however, they were thick and extremely strong. If angered, the Tuniit were a powerful enemy.

If you ever come across a thick and strong person dressed in skins and using the tools of our ancestors, it might be the Tuniit! If this being speaks to you, answer slowly and don’t use big words.