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April 2

Native language on Alaska Daily

You might say this is really an entertainment question, but I figure it's people here who are more likely to be able to answer it.

In the one season (so far) of the TV show Alaska Daily, a continuing storyline revolves around the murder of an Alaska native (aboriginal, indigeneous, whatever term you prefer) woman. At one point in the recently broadcast season finale (episode title "Most Reckless Thing I've Ever Done"), the mother's victim says something like "Thank you very much" in her own language and then there are some minutes of dialogue in the same language. I'm just curious what that language is. Here in Canada I'd expact Inuktitut, but I gather that that doesn't extend to Alaska (and the specific village where the crime took place is fictional, so that doesn't help).

Is there anyone here who happens to have seen that episode and can recognize the language? I repeat, I'm just curious. --174.89.12.187 (talk) 01:55, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Central Alaskan Yupʼik, although Iñupiaq language is also a possibility if the speakers are supposed to be from the Alaska North Slope or the Seward Peninsula (I haven't seen the TV show). Deor (talk) 02:04, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The victim's name is given here (non-RS source) as "Gloria Taġiuq Nanmac". Taġiuq is an Iñupiaq term for "ocean" or "salt".^[1][2] --Lambiam 09:45, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The first and last names are correct; I don't remember the middle name coming up on the show, but I guess it means Iñupiaq is my answer. --174.89.12.187 (talk) 20:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]