In order to aſcertain the latitude of any place, the ancients obſerved the meridian altitude of the ſun, either by means of the ſhadow of a perpendicular gnomon, or by means of an aſtrolabe, from which it was eaſy to compute how many degrees and minutes the place of obſervation was diſtant from the Equator.

As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin

damn → damnd (→ damnded), drown → drownd (→ drownded)

Nouns in Inupiatun may be singular, dual, or plural.