Vocabulary Comparison
The comparison of some animal names in the Siglitun dialect of Inuvialuktun language and Kangiryuarmiutun subdialect of Inuinnaqtun dialect of Inuvialuktun language:
Siglitun | Kangiryuarmiutun | Inuinnaqtun | meaning |
qugyuk | kogyok | qugjuk | tundra swan |
ugyuk | kilalogak | qilalugaq | beluga whale |
tatidjgaq | tatilgak | tatilgaq | sandhill crane |
aqidjgiq | nikhaktok | aqilgivik | willow ptarmigan |
isun’ngaq | enhongalhuk | ihunngaq | jaeger |
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