Nutim etatiki aimuna, Innuat eshi-aimiht, apu ut mashinataikaniti ueshkat. Anitshenat Upishtikueiau-assit etaht Innuat miam mate : Abénaquis, Micmac, Mohawk, Cris kie kutakat etaht ute assit.

Ashu-patshitinakanipan innu-aimun muku tshiam e aiminanut, e tipatshimunanut mak e atanutshenanut. Eukuanat anitshenat kauapikueshiht ushkat mashinataimupanat nenua innua utaimunnua shash umenu neumitashumitannuepipuna utat eshpish, tanite ui tshishkutamatishupanat eshi-aiminiti innua tshetshi ashu-minaht aiamieunnu. Uinuau ushkat tutamupanat aimun-mashinaikana (dictionnaires) mak uitamatsheu-mashinaikana (grammaires).

Ekute uiapatakanit anutshish ka itashtet tshinanu tshitaimunnan: innu-aimun. Mishta-pessish etueht anitshenat atikamekunnuat ishinakuanishapan tshitaimunnan. Mate ushkat ishinakuanikupan k mak r ekue mishkutshipanit tsh mak l/n.

Ne aimun chef issishuenanishapan ukimau
Eku ne quelque chose issishuenanishapan kekuan
Eku kutak toi issishuenanishapan kir

Ekue mishkutshipanit minuat, neme ka apashtakanit k ekue mishkutshipanit miam tsh… miam mate :

ukimau ekue issishuenanut utshimau
kekuan ekue issishuenanut tshekuan
kir ekue issishuenanut tshin

Anitshenat Pessamit mak Mashteuiatsh ishi-uitamuat uinuau [utsimau], [tsekuan], [tsil].
Ne kutak kapapeikushtesht ka takuak anite aiamieu-mashinaikanit: eukuan ne r, anutshish apu takuak anite tshitaimunnat.

Mate:

il vente rutin
je suis content niminueriten
c’est dur ariman
moi nir

Mishkutshipanu nete eshi-aimiht anitshenat Innuat mak anitshenat Cris, eukuan eshku eshinakuannit uinuau atikamekunnuat. Anitshenat Cris ishinakuannu y eku innuat (Mashteuiatsh et Pessamit) mishkutshipannu l eku netshenat kutakat n.

Mate:

Cris anutshish eshi-aimiht yutin ayiman niminueyten niy
Mashteuiatsh mak Pessamit eshi-aimiht lutin aliman niminueliten nil
Kutakat Innuat eshi-aimiht nutin animan niminueniten nin

Mishkutshipanu tshitaimunnan, muku peikushinu nenu innuat utaimunuau mak ashit mishta-pessish takuannu nenua kutaka innua utaimunnu, miam anitshenat Cris eshinikatakaniht mate.