Nunatsiavummiut Dialect - Vocabulary Comparison

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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