Aivilik dialect
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Aivilik | |
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Aivilingmiutut | |
Native to | Canada |
Region | Aivilik, Nunavut |
Ethnicity | Aivilingmiut |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Linguist list
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ike-aiv |
Glottolog | None |
Inuit dialects. Aivilik is the dark blue to the west of Hudson Bay.
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Aivilik, also known as Aivilingmiutut, Aivilimmiutut, Aivillirmiut, and Kangiqłniq, is a Canadian dialect of the Inuit language spoken along the northwestern shores of Hudson Bay in Nunavut. The governments of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories generally consider it to be a dialect of Inuktitut, due to its location in Nunavut, as do some linguists,[1] but it is instead sometimes classified as a dialect of Inuvialuk.[2] However, Inuktitut and Inuvialuk form a dialect continuum with few sharp boundaries.
References[edit]
- ^ Goddard (1996) The Classification of the Native Languages of North America", Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 17:4–8[1]
- ^ Languages of Canada, Ethnologue, ed. 17[2]
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