Kangiryuarmiutun
Inuit language dialect
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Kangiryuarmiutun[pronunciation?] (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:
| Siglitun[citation needed] | Kangiryuarmiutun[2] | Inuinnaqtun[3] | meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| qugyuk | kogyok | qugjuk | tundra swan |
| qilalugaq | kilalogak | qilalugaq | beluga whale |
| tatidjgaq | tatilgak | tatilgaq | sandhill crane |
| aqidjgiq | nikhaktok | aqilgivik | willow ptarmigan |
| isun’ngaq | enhongalhuk | ihunngaq | jaeger |
