Q is a fun letter to play with the sounds.

Again where I began with the Minister’s cat game ( see C for Cleric’s Cat )….The minister’s cat is a quirky cat, she quarrels quietly!

Or perhaps it is a day of Quiet reflections of questions on the Easter Saturday!

In English, we normally follow the letter Q with the letter U, however this is not so in Inuktitut as can be seen in many of the words below. There is a vital difference between the sound k and the sound q… Q q Like "c" in "car" and K k like "k" in "oak". Inuktitut is the traditional oral language of Inuit in the Arctic. ... Typically, they replaced "q" with "k" and "r" with "g", among other misspellings. Also written in syllabics....

Personally when working in Nunavut, I only picked up a few phrases in Inuktitut offerings being limited to Qanuippit ( how are you) Ilali ( your welcome ) ai ('hello'); nakurmiik ('thank you');  or Qiujavunga ('l'm cold'). Different regions have different dialects…a simple Koana or thank-you will indicate you are from the western arctic such as Kugluktuk or Cambridge Bay. the history of the two writing systems used in Inuktitut is that they used in English in the western Arctic, and syllabics in the eastern Arctic.

But the wrong pronunciation of words could get one in difficult or embarrassing situations...

qaanqijaut

qallunaaq

qamutiik

qanga

qaniq

qanuq

qassit

qaukpat

qausiqtuk

qikturiaq

qikturiaqtauniq

qilalugaq

qimmik

qimmuksit

qisik

qujannamiik

qukiut