Uummarmiut dialect
| Uummarmiutun | |
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| Spoken in | Canada |
| Region | North America |
| Ethnicity | Uummarmiut |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
Inuit dialects. Uummarmiut is the orange within Canada.
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Uummarmiutun or Canadian Iñupiaq is the variant of Iñupiaq (or Inuvialuk) spoken by the Uummarmiut, part of the Inuvialuit, who live mainly in the communities of Inuvik and Aklavik in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
This dialect is essentially the same as Alaskan Inupiatun, and is present in Canada because of migration from Alaska in the 1910s, reoccupying traditionally Siglit Inuit lands abandoned during the devastating disease outbreaks of the previous century.[1]
Because Inuvik and Aklavik are ethnically mixed communities where English is the near exclusive language of communication, few young people speak Uummarmiutun and the language is very endangered. It is one of the three dialects of Inuit language grouped together under the label Inuvialuktun.
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[edit] Phonology
Uummarmiutun has three vowels:
- Short vowels: a i u
- Long vowels: aa ii uu
- Diphthongs: ai ui au iu ua ia
Uummarmiutun has 19 consonants: ch, f, g, h, dj, k, l, ł, m, n, ñ, ng, p, q, r, ȓ, t, v, y.
[edit] Vocabulary comparison
The comparison of some animal names in the two dialects of Iñupiaq language:
| Alaskan Iñupiaq[2] | Canadian Iñupiaq[3] | meaning |
| Uummaġmiutun | Uummarmiutun | Uummarmiut dialect |
| siksrik | hikřik | ground squirrel |
| qugruk | qugřuk | tundra swan |
| aaġlu | arlu | killer whale |
| amaġuq | amaruq | gray wolf |
| isuŋŋaġluk | ihun’ngaq | pomarine jaeger |
| kaŋuq | kanguq | snow goose |
| qunŋiq | qun’ngiq | reindeer |
| tiġiganniaq | tiriganiaq | arctic fox |
| umiŋmak | umingmak | musk ox |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Lowe, Ronald. Uummarmiut Uqalungiha Mumikhitchirutingit = Basic Uummarmiut Eskimo Dictionary. Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada: Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement, 1984. ISBN 0969159714
- Lowe, Ronald. Basic Uummarmiut Eskimo Grammar = Uummarmiut Uqalungiha Ilihaur̂r̂utikr̂angit. C.O.P.E, 5. Inuvik, N.W.T.: Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement, 1985. ISBN 0969159749
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