Campbell, Nancy
How To Say 'I Love You' In Greenlandic: An Arctic Alphabet
MIEL editions, Ghent, 2014
This alphabet book serves as an introduction to the evocative
Kalaallisut language. All 12 initial letters of the Greenlandic alphabet are
represented with words ranging from akunagaa (‘it is too late to begin’) to unnuarpoq
(‘there is no night any longer’). These words and their English definitions are
accompanied by a series of pochoir prints depicting icebergs. As in
contemporary Arctic life, the denouement of the sequence is caused by the
disappearance of the ice. The alphabet is accompanied by a short essay
highlighting the issues faced by speakers of Kalaallisut, which was declared ‘vulnerable’
by UNESCO in 2009.
Full colour. 18 postcards/pages, loose in printed paper wrapper with foil-stamped band, 10.5 x 14.8 cm.
ISBN 9789082172409(€15.00)
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