Uummarmiutun
Uummarmiutun | |
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Native to | Canada |
Ethnicity | Uummarmiut |
Eskaleut
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Early forms | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | None |
Inuit dialects. Uummarmiut is the orange within Canada. |
Uummarmiutun (Inupiaq:
This dialect is essentially the same as that spoken by the
Because Inuvik and Aklavik are ethnically mixed communities where English is the near-exclusive language of communication, few young people speak Uummarmiutun and the language is very endangered.
It is one of the three dialects – Kangiryuarmiutun and Siglitun are the other two – of the Inuit language grouped together under the label Inuvialuktun.
Phonology
Uummartmiutun has thirty-one phonemes, six of which are vowels, three short and three long, five of which are diphthongs, the rest being consonants:
- Vowels: /a, i, u, aː, iː, uː, ai, ui, iu, ua, ia/
- Consonants: /p, t, k, g, q, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, f, v, ʁ, h, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, j, r, l, ɫ, j/
Vocabulary comparison
A comparison of some animal names in the two dialects of Iñupiatun.
The similarity in names is sometimes obscured by the different spelling conventions used in Alaska and Canada.
Alaskan Iñupiaq[3] | Canadian Iñupiaq[4] | meaning |
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Uummaġmiutun | Uummarmiutun | Uummarmiut dialect |
siksrik | hikr̂ik/sikr̂ik | ground squirrel |
qugruk | qugr̂uk | tundra swan |
aaġlu | arlu | killer whale
|
amaġuq | amaruq | gray wolf
|
isuŋŋaġluk | ihun’ngaq | Pomarine jaeger |
kaŋuq | kanguq | snow goose |
qunŋiq | qun’ngiq | reindeer{{efn|The name reindeer for semi-domesticated subspecies (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). The wild subspecies ([[Porcupine tuttu).}} |
tiġiganniaq | tiriganiaq | Arctic fox |
umiŋmak | umingmak | muskox |
See also
- Eskimo–Aleut Languages
- IPA
References
Further reading
- Lowe, Ronald. Uummarmiut Uqalungiha Mumikhitchirutingit = Basic Uummarmiut Eskimo Dictionary. Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada: Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement, 1984. ISBN 0-9691597-1-4
- Lowe, Ronald. Basic Uummarmiut Eskimo Grammar = Uummarmiut Uqalungiha Ilihaur̂r̂utikr̂angit. C.O.P.E, 5. Inuvik, N.W.T.: Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement, 1985. ISBN 0-9691597-4-9