Natsilingmiutut

Natchilingmiutut
ᓇᑦᕠᓕᖕᒥᐅᑐᑦ
Native toCanada
RegionWestern Nunavut
EthnicityNetsilik Inuit
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottolognets1241
Inuit dialects. (Broader) Netsilik is the dark green in the center.
Natsilingmiutut is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Natchilingmiutut (ᓇᑦᕠᓕᖕᒥᐅᑐᑦ),[1][2] Netsilik /ˌnɛtˈsɪlɪk/,[3] Natsilik, Nattilik, Netsilingmiut, Natsilingmiutut,[4] Nattilingmiutut,[5] or Nattiliŋmiutut[6] is an Inuit language variety spoken in western Nunavut, Canada, by Netsilik Inuit.

Natchilingmiutut (ᓇᑦᕠᓕᖕᒥᐅᑐᑦ 'people from Natchilik') came from natsik 'seal' + postbase -lik 'place with something' + postbase -miut 'inhabitants of'.

  1. ^ Supporting the Natchilingmiutut dialect
  2. ^ Natchilik language tools
  3. ^ "Netsilik". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  4. ^ "Preserving Inuit Dialects in Nunavut, January 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  5. ^ Teacher devises special syllabics for Nattilingmiutut
  6. ^ "Home". tusaalanga.ca.