Vocabulary Comparison
The comparison of some animal names in the two dialects of Iñupiaq language:
| Alaskan Iñupiaq | Canadian Iñupiaq | meaning |
| Uummaġmiutun | Uummarmiutun | Uummarmiut dialect |
| siksrik | hikřik | ground squirrel |
| qugruk | qugřuk | tundra swan |
| aaġlu | arlu | killer whale |
| amaġuq | amaruq | gray wolf |
| isuŋŋaġluk | ihun’ngaq | pomarine jaeger |
| kaŋuq | kanguq | snow goose |
| qunŋiq | qun’ngiq | reindeer |
| tiġiganniaq | tiriganiaq | arctic fox |
| umiŋmak | umingmak | musk ox |
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