Aivilingmiutut

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Aivilik
Aivilingmiutut
Native toCanada
RegionAivilik, Nunavut
EthnicityAivilingmiut
Eskimo–Aleut
  • Eskimo
    • Inuit
      • (variously considered Inuvialuk or Inuktitut)
        • Aivilik
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
ike-aiv
GlottologNone
Inuktitut dialect map.svg
Inuit dialects. Aivilik is the dark blue to the west of Hudson Bay.

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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