The Kaktovik Iñupiaq numerals are just brilliant. It's a base-20 number system, based on our two hands and two feet, that was invented by Iñupiat students in Kaktovik, Alaska in 1994.
Artifexian has a really good video on why these numerals are so great: Why These Are The Best Numbers!
When I first saw jan Sonja's precise number system (wan, tu, tu wan, tu tu, luka) I realized the two were almost identical. The way the Iñupiaq numerals are drawn fit so well with jan Sonja's system, it's almost like they were made for each other. The numbers are drawn exactly as they are spoken in Toki Pona (up to 19).
https://preview.redd.it/9psccn8d5ky61.png?width=526&format=png&auto=webp&s=2915a28c4e28233a31e2d38f7bc4a9894a8b2c69
- 0, ala:
x - 1, wan:
\ - 2, tu:
\/ - 3, tu wan:
\/\(literally tu and wan) - 4, tu tu:
\/\/(literally tu and tu) - 5, luka:
¯ - 6, luka wan:
\̄(literally luka and wan) - 7, luka tu:
\̄/(literally luka and tu) - 8, luka tu wan:
\̄/\(literally luka and tu and wan) - …
(Sorry for the poor formatting of numerals, please see the illustration for what they look like.)
From 20 one could use a positional system like the Iñupiaq do, where 20 is \x. Just like 10 in our familiar base-10 system, only here it means 20. Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (42) is \/\/. 400 is \xx.
One issue is how to pronounce numbers above 19, for example 442 (\VV). Maybe nanpa kulupu wan en tu en tu? Or, because base-20 in Toki Pona is kulupu nanpa Wikesima, maybe Wikesima wan en tu en tu? Compare to ali ali ali ali mute mute tu (found here).
I know, any precise number system is not really pona. But for a precise number system, I think this is as pona as it gets. It makes arithmetics much more intuitive than the base-10 Arabic numerals we've been taught. In that sense, I think it is pona. And for occasions when you need more precision than wan, tu, mute.
You just have to get used to counting with your fingers and toes :)
Last month, the Kaktovik Iñupiaq numerals were accepted as part of Unicode 15, to be published next ye
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I'm interested in any feature documentaries about Alaska/Iñupiaq history and culture, especially with regard to more recent years. Any recommendations? Preferably something that is available for download via iTunes (or Amazon, I guess), rather than physical copies.
Iñupiaq
Inupiat /ɪˈnʲuːpiæt/, or Alaskan Inuit, is a group of dialects of the Inuit language, spoken by the Inupiat people in northern and northwestern Alaska. The Inupiat language is a member of the Eskimo languages. There are roughly 7,000–9,000 speakers.
The name is also rendered Inupiatun, Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inyupiaq, Inyupiat, Inyupeat, Inyupik, and Inupik.
Distinguishing Features
The Iñupiaq category of number distinguishes singular, plural, and dual. Iñupiaq does not have a category of gender and articles. An Iñupiaq word consists of a base or stem, which is followed by postbases, endings, and enclitics.
The Inupiaq dialects, like other Eskimo–Aleut languages, represent a particular type of agglutinative language called a polysynthetic language: it "synthesizes" a root and various grammatical affixes to create long words with sentence-like meanings.
Inupiaq has three basic vowels: a i u, phonemically /a i u/, phonetically [ɐ i u].The vowels can also appear long: aa ii uu /aː iː uː/. When adjacent to the uvular consonants q ġ /q ʁ/, short vowels are lowered allophonically to [ɔ e o] respectively. Length is important in distinguishing meaning in Inupiaq. Short vowels may be joined to produce the diphthongs ai ia au iu ui.
The vowel i /i/ is derived historically from the merger of Proto-Inuit /i/ and /ǝ/; only the former causes palatalization of the following consonant. Only in pedagogical texts are the two kinds of i written differently.
Inupiaq has around 21 consonants. All stops are voiceless.
Text sample:
Kayuqtuq ukiaġmi. Sikulġmiu-rami pisruktuaq tamaani. Qaluŋmik niġiruak tikiññiġaa iyyaġrim apiq-srukługu-aasriiñ, "Nakiñ taamna qa-lik piviuŋ?"
"Kanakŋa sikuiḷḷiġumun pamium-nik niksiksuqługu niksiksikkaġa," itnaġniġaa
History
Inupiaq was first written when explorers first arrived in Alaska and began recording words in the native languages. They wrote by adapting the letters of their own language to writing the sounds they were recording. Spelling was often inconsistent, since the writers invented it as they wrote. Unfamiliar sounds were often confused with other sounds, so that, for example, 'q' was often not distinguished from 'k' and long consonants or vowels were not distinguished from short ones.
Along with the Alaskan and Siberian Yupik, the Inupiat eventually adopted the Latin script (Qaliujaaqpait) that Moravian missionaries developed in Greenland and Labrador. Native Alaskans also developed a system of pictogr
... keep reading on reddit ➡Iñupiaq is real language. Dying, but I am very interested in it. It is a native Alaskan language, in case some of you did know of it. I was already brainstorming for a conscript, or rather what to edit in a current conscript I made and looked over to the Iñupiaq book I have and got the idea to make a script for Iñupiaq, since it uses latin characters. This is it, please by all means tell me what you think and it is free to use. Use it for your conlang if you wish, just let me know. If you need more letters, you could ask me to make more, but if you decide to make more yourself, I might be interested to see it. :P
http://imgur.com/Ux8ZZ3G
If none of you have heard about the game Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) you should try it! It's a platformer based on an Iñupiaq story. It also has a documentary within the game serving as it's collectibles, which was one of my favorite parts.
I learned a lot from this game and it was my first experience with Iñupiaq culture. It's on most platforms, I think. Here is the link, http://neveralonegame.com/
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
And now I’m cannelloni
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
