First Steps


1) Learn the atchagat

The first step to learning Iñupiaq is learn all the sounds in our Iñupiatun Atchagat (Iñupiaq Alphabet).

2) Learn Iñupiaq pronunciation

Now that you have learned the Atchagat, you can go further into depth to learn the pronunciation of Iñupiaq. Please watch this video from the late Tatqaviñ from the Northwest Arctic Borough School District. And this video from Niayuq at Iḷisaġvik College on the basics of Iñupiaq pronunciation, as well as the video below from Qaġġun from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.