Aivilik dialect

Aivilik
Aivilingmiutut
Native to Canada
Region Aivilik, Nunavut
Ethnicity Aivilingmiut
Native speakers
 (no estimate available)
Eskimo–Aleut

  • Eskimo

    • Inuit
      • (variously considered Inuvialuk or Inuktitut)
        • Aivilik
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Linguist list
 ike-aiv
Glottolog None

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Inuit dialects. Aivilik is the dark blue to the west of Hudson Bay.

Aivilik, also known as Aivilingmiutut, 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
  2. ↑ Languages of Canada, Ethnologue, ed. 17