Kangiryuarmiut Dialect - Vocabulary Comparison

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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