Waqaa! Cagacit? (Hello! How are you?)
Cangatenritua. Elpet-mi? (I'm fine. How about you?)
Wiinga-llu assirtua. (I'm fine, too.)
Tua-i piuraa. Tangerciqamken. (Goodbye. I'll see you.)
Quyana. (Thank you.)
Yup'ik is a fascinating language. It almost sounds Germanic. The glottal stops and hiccups are much stronger than I'm used to making with my throat as an English speaker, so I have good reason to suspect that my pronunciation must be pretty bad. I'll have to keep practicing so I can improve my pronunciation to a near understandable level, if nothing else.
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