Utkuhiksalik dialect

Utkuhiksalik
Utkuhiksalingmiutitut
Spoken in Canada
Region North America
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Utkuhiksalik,[1] Utkuhikhalik,[2] Utkuhikhaliq,[3] Utkuhiksalingmiutitut,[4][5] Utkuhiksalingmiutut,[4] Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut,[5] Gjoa Haven dialect[6] is a sub-dialect of Natsilingmiutut (Nattiliŋmiut) dialect of Inuvialuktun (Western Canadian Inuit or Inuktitut) language once spoken in the Utkuhiksalik (Uᑦᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ Chantrey Inlet) area of Nunavut, and now spoken mainly by elders in Uqsuqtuuq (or Uqšuqtuuq ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Gjoa Haven) and Qamani'tuaq (ᖃᒪᓂ‛ᑐᐊᖅ Baker Lake) on mainland Canada. It is generally written in Inuktitut syllabics.

The traditional territory of the Utkuhiksalingmiut[7] / Utkuhikhalingmiut[8] / Ukkusiksalingmiut[8] / Utkusiksalinmiut[9] / Ukkuhikhalinmiut[9] (meaning "the people of the place where there is soapstone"[7] or "people who have cooking pots"[9]) people lay between Chantrey Inlet and Franklin Lake. They made their pots (utkusik) from soapstone of the area, therefore their name.

Utkuhiksalik has been analysed as a subdialect of Natsilik within the Western Canadian Inuktun (Inuvialuktun) dialect continuum. While Utkuhiksalik has much in common with the other Natsilik subdialects, the Utkuhiksalingmiut and the Natsilingmiut were historically distinct groups. Today there are still lexical and phonological differences between Utkuhiksalik and Natsilik.[7]

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Comparison

Utkuhiksalik closely related to Natsilik. The comparison of some words in the two sub-dialects:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Carrie J. Dyck et Jean L. Briggs , "Historical antecedents of /h/, /s/, /j/ and /ř/ in Utkuhiksalik (Inuktitut)", Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 29, n° 1-2, 2005, p. 307-340.
  2. ^ "Iñuvialuktun/Inuvialuktun/Inuinnaqtun". languagegeek.com. http://www.languagegeek.com/inu/inuvialuktun.html. Retrieved 2011-03-17. 
  3. ^ Dorais, L.-J. (1990), Inuit uqausiqatigiit. Inuit languages and dialects. Arctic College: Iqaluit.
  4. ^ a b Briggs, J. L. (1970), Never in anger. Portrait of an Eskimo family. Harvard University Press.
  5. ^ a b Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Dictionary Project ᑐᑭᕐᑲᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑦᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᕐᑲᐅᓯᖕᒋᑦ
  6. ^ http://multitree.org/codes/ikt-gjo.html
  7. ^ a b c Carrie J. Dyck and Jean L. Briggs, Historical developments in Utkuhiksalik phonology
  8. ^ a b Encyclopedia of the Arctic, edited by Mark Nuttall, 2005
  9. ^ a b c www.museevirtuel.ca

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