Aivilingmiutut

Aivilik
Aivilingmiutut
Native toCanada
RegionAivilik, Nunavut
EthnicityAivilingmiut
Eskaleut
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
ike-aiv
GlottologNone
Inuit dialects. Aivilik is the dark blue to the west of Hudson Bay.
Aivilingmiutut is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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

  1. ^ Goddard (1996) The Classification of the Native Languages of North America, Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 17:4–8[1]
  2. ^ Languages of Canada, Ethnologue, ed. 17[2]
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