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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