Vocabulary Comparison
The comparison of some animal names in the two dialects of Eastern Canadian Inuktitut language:
Inuktitut | Nunatsiavummiutut | meaning |
siksik ᓯᒃᓯᒃ | sitsik | ground squirrel |
qugjuk ᖃᒡᔪᒃ | ĸutjuk | tundra swan |
aarluk ᐋᕐᓗᒃ | âlluk | killer whale |
amaruq ᐊᒪᕈᖅ | amaguk | gray wolf |
isunngaq ᐃᓱᙵᖅ | isungak | pomarine jaeger |
kanguq ᑲᖑᖅ | kangak | snow goose |
tuktu ᑐᒃᑐ | tuttuk | caribou |
tiriganniaq ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ | tigiganniak | arctic fox |
umingmak ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ | umimmak | musk ox |
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