Welcome to Innu-aimun.ca!

Welcome to the Innu Language Website

Innu-aimun.ca aims to celebrate the Innu language and culture and to share a wide range of Innu language resources, in particular those created under the auspices of the Innu Language Project.

This website is the result of a joint partnership between the Linguistics Department at Memorial University, the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at Carleton University, the Labrador Innu School Board (Mamu Tshishkutamashutau – Innu Education) and the Quebec Innu organization Institut Tshakapesh.

December 21, 2018 – Happy news on the Solstice! The new Innu dictionary app has been published and is available on iTunes!

This new release fixes technical problems that have arisen since the previous version (2014) and offers enhanced content, updated by the 2018 editorial team, including example sentences translated into English and French.Tshima minu-nipaiamiaiekᵘ kie minu-utinamekᵘ ussi-pipun 2019!

November 2018 -The 2nd edition of the Innu Resources catalogue includes more than 40 new resources. Mostly of these have been recently produced, but some are valuable older materials that were not included the 1st edition.

Learn more.

August 2018 – Check out the Algonquian Terminology Forum (an online tool for speakers, translators/interpreters, contributors and linguists), which includes Innu vocabulary that is not in the dictionary, including words in the fields of justice, health, technology, environment, grammar, sports, and more.

December 2016 – Innu Tshissenitamun (MTIE Curriculum update newsletter)

Mushuau-aimun Newsletter

Sheshatshiu-aimun Newsletter

English Newsletter

October 2016 – Catalogue of Innu Resources

Innu Resources 2016

More Background Information

This website was initially launched as part of the 5-year SSHRC CURA grant “Knowledge and Human Resources for Innu Language Development”, which ran from 2005-2010 and was a joint partnership between the Linguistics Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland the Innu of Labrador and Quebec.

Thanks to continued funding from organizations including Mamu Tshishkutamashutau / Innu Education (MTIE), l’Institut Tshakapesh, the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation (SIFN), and others, even though the CURA project has ended, projects devoted to the revitalization and maintenance of the Innu language continue under the new name “Innu Language Project” in the Linguistics Department at Memorial University and at Carleton University.

These efforts have included the development of the Innu-English-French Dictionary, curriculum materials (including Innu language children’s books), glossaries for workplace vocabulary, and the adaptation of some of these resources for modern technology, including language apps for smartphones and tablets, online language resources (e.g., interactive Innu language games and lessons), and a newly updated version of this website.

With generous and continued support from various organizations, most notably Mamu Tshishkutamashutau – Innu Education Inc., the Innu Language Project is continuing to expand and improve upon the resources already in existence and to create new Innu-language materials.

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If you have any suggestions or notice any mistakes on this website, please email us at: innulang@mun.ca