Talk:Makpibaaq Kanna
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[edit] Three years and not a single article.
Hi, this wikipedia has been around since 2002, not even the main page is there. There is not a single article around. Just some photos. Any indication that this project is not completely dead?--213.6.210.38 13:27, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Restart
I'm leading the initative to restart this project! Am a now an admin, and I have started contacting a few people to try and organize this relaunch. -- Zanimum 19:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- That's good. I hope that there a speaker of Inupiaq among your contacts. I see that you link a number of articles from the front page. As these articles are completely void of content, I cannot see the point in doing so. --217.83.95.227 09:03, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Sadly, my pursuit has been fruitless so far. I had contacted the University of Anchorage, and three federal level politicians' offices, looking for guidance. Nothing was found. Linking these poor quality articles from the front page gives new users, unfamilar with Wikipedia's editing system, so where to start. -- Zanimum 14:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Although I don't speak this language, I've been some help here since yesterday. I've improved the quality of a few articles by adding words, and I've created 2, Avieeaq and Aglaksruutit. I've translated most of the front into Inupiaq. Whoever found that dictionary deserves half the credit. 72.68.230.164 20:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I've got 1 wd to describe Inupiaq Wikipedia: tainnaunnii (Although it is not very good, it is OK)72.68.230.164 23:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Unicode characters
I noticed on the featured article Iqsrabutilik that several characters appeared that aren't actually found in Iñupiaq (most notably the "e"). I believe this is caused by the author of that article using a font developed by Alaskool.org (link to the font page). There are unicode characters available for the language, as seen here. Using unicode would allow for a standard set for this wiki. --Aberwak 20:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Uiqipidia
Using the Eskimo writing key on the Iñupiak dictionary, I have come up with the letters that can made into "Wikipedia". The sounds:
- Ui = ui like quick
- qi = q sounds like k but farther in throat, and when i is next to q, it makes a sound like is in English.
- pi = p sounds like English p, "i" alone makes sound like i in police.
- ti = same as pi
- a = when alone, makes ä sound
Uiqipitdia: Makpibaat atanbiqsauruq
EnglishItalianoNihongoRusski 00:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
