Kangiryuarmiutun

Kangiryuarmiutun
Native toCanada
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
ikt-hol
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Kangiryuarmiutun (sometimes Kangirjuarmiut(un)) is an Inuit language variety spoken in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada by the Kangiryuarmiut, a Copper Inuit group. The dialect is part of the Inuvialuktun language.[1] The people of Ulukhaktok prefer to think of it as Inuinnaqtun and it is essentially the same.

The name is derived from the word for Prince Albert Sound, Kangiryuak (meaning "the big bay"), and from the people that live there, the Kangiryuarmiut. Victoria Island is the ancestral home of the Copper Inuit.

Vocabulary comparison

The comparison of some animal names in the Siglitun and Kangiryuarmiutun dialects of Inuvialuktun and Inuinnaqtun:

SiglitunKangiryuarmiutun[2]Inuinnaqtun[3]meaning
qugyukkogyokqugjuktundra swan
qilalugaqkilalogakqilalugaqbeluga whale
tatidjgaqtatilgaktatilgaqsandhill crane
aqidjgiqnikhaktokaqilgivikwillow ptarmigan
isun’ngaqenhongalhukihunngaqjaeger

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kudlak, Emily; Compton, Richard (2018). Kangiryuarmiut Inuinnaqtun: Uqauhiitaa Numiktitirutait Dictionary. Nunavut Arctic College Media. ISBN 978-1-897568-55-2.
  2. ↑ Olokhaktomiut Community Conservation Plan, July 2008 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Inuinnaqtun to English, Nunavut Arctic College


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