Netsilik , Natsilik, Nattilik, Netsilingmiut, Natsilingmiutut, Nattilingmiutut, or Nattiliŋmiutut is an Inuit language variety spoken in western
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Netsilik Inuit
The Netsilik (Netsilingmiut) are Inuit who live predominantly in Kugaaruk and Gjoa Haven of the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut and to a smaller extent in Taloyoak and the north Qikiqtaaluk Region, in Canada. They were, in the early 20th century, am ...
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''Natsilingmiut'' (ᓇᑦᓯᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ "people from Natsilik") came from ''natsik'' “seal” +
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''-lik'' “place with something” + postbase ''-miut'' “inhabitants of”.
Classification
* There are three main dialect divisions of Natsilingmiutut dialect:
**
Natsilik subdialect, or Natsilik/Netsilik proper
**
Arviligjuaq subdialect
**
Illuiliq subdialect
Special letters
Natsilik dialect has the special letters: š ř ŋ, used by some Nattiliŋmiut speakers.
Why does Nattiliŋmiut have special letters?
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š – sounds a bit like English "shr" and is distinct from both the ''s'' sound that is used in words borrowed from English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
and the more common ''h'' sound.
:ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ''Uqšuqtuuq'' Gjoa Haven
:ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ''mikšaanut'' about
:ᓯᒃᓯᒃ ''hikšik'' ground squirrel, marmot
:New encodings in Unicode
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were proposed for the Inuktitut syllabics
Inuktitut syllabics ( iu, ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ, qaniujaaqpait, or , ) is an abugida-type writing system used in Canada by the Inuktitut-speaking Inuit of the territory of Nunavut and the Nunavik and Nunatsiavut regions of Quebec and Labra ...
corresponding to ''š'' and ''h''.[cf]
''Proposal to encode 16 additional characters to the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics''
(30 September 2020) These 12 syllabic characters for Nattilingmiutut were included i
version 14.0 of the Unicode Standard
on 14 September 2021, are now formally part of the Standard and are stable to use for digital text exchange. However, updates to system level syllabics fonts and keyboards to access the characters are underway and forthcoming.
ř (in Inuktitut syllabics ᖬ řa ᖨ ři ᖪ řu ᖭ řaa ᖩ řii ᖫ řuu) – sounds like an English (retroflex) ''r''. It is distinct from the ''r'' sound used by other dialects, which is closer to the ''r'' sound made in French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
at the back of the throat.
:ᐃᖨ ''iři'' eye (cf. Inuktitut ᐃᔨ ''iji'')
:ᐅᒡᖪᒃ ''ugřuk'' bearded seal (cf. Inuktitut ᐅᒡᔪᒃ ''ugjuq'')
:ᑭᐅᖪᖅ ''kiuřuq'' s/he replies, answers (cf. Inuktitut ᑭᐅᔪᖅ ''kiujuq'')
:ᐊᐱᕆᖪᖅ ''apiriřuq'' s/he asks (cf. Inuktitut ᐊᐱᕆᔪᖅ ''apirijuq'')
ŋ – A small number of Inuktitut-speakers use this character instead of ''ng''. The use of ''ng'' is deceiving because it makes use of two letters to represent what is a single sound. In syllabics this sound is represented by a single character ᖕ. Using this letter also makes the distinction between the sequence ŋand long ːclearer, the first being spelled ''nŋ'' (ᓐᖕ) and the latter ''ŋŋ'' (ᖖ). In eastern varieties of Inuktitut which do not have the sequence ŋ long ːis spelled ''nng'' (ᖖ) rather than ''ngng'' (ᖕᖕ). When the letter ''ŋ'' is not used, the distinction may be made by spelling ŋ''n'ng'' and ː''nng''.
:ᐊᕕᓐᖓᖅ ''avinŋuaq'' (''avin'nguaq'') lemming
:ᑭᙵᖅ ''kiŋŋaq'' (''kinngaq'') mountain
Comparison
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, niriřuq
iu, ᓂᕆᖪᖅ, label=none
, nirijuq
iu, ᓂᕆᔪᖅ, label=none
, nirijuq
iu, ᓂᕆᔪᖅ, label=none
, nirijuq
iu, ᓂᕆᔪᖅ, label=none
, nerivoq
, s/he eats
, -
, ihumayuq
( iu, ᐃᓱᒪᔪᖅ, label=none)
, ihumařuq
iu, ᐃᓱᒪᖪᖅ, label=none
iu, ᐃᓱᒪᔪᖅ, label=none
, isumajuq
iu, ᐃᓱᒪᔪᖅ, label=none
, isumajuq
iu, ᐃᓱᒪᔪᖅ, label=none
, isumavoq
, s/he thinks
, -
, pingahut
( iu, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ, label=none)
, piŋahut
iu, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ, label=none
iu, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ, label=none
, pingasut
iu, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ, label=none
, pingasut
iu, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ, label=none
, pingasut
, three
, -
, akhunaaq
( iu, ᐊᒃᓱᓈᖅ, label=none)
, akłunaaq
iu, ᐊᒃᖢᓈᖅ, label=none
, akłunaaq
iu, ᐊᒃᖢᓈᖅ, label=none
, akłunaaq
iu, ᐊᒃᖢᓈᖅ, label=none
, atsunaaq, attunaaq
iu, ᐊᑦᓱᓈᖅ, ᐊᑦᑐᓈᖅ, label=none
, allunaa(sa)q
, rope
, -
, uqhuq
( iu, ᐅᖅᓱᖅ, label=none)
, uqšuq
iu, ᐅᖅᓱᖅ, label=none
iu, ᐅᖅᓱᖅ, label=none
, uqsuq
iu, ᐅᖅᓱᖅ, label=none
, uqsuq
iu, ᐅᖅᓱᖅ, label=none
, orsoq
, fat, blubber
, -
, quana
( iu, ᖁᐊᓇ, label=none)
, qujanaqqutit
iu, ᖁᔭᓇᖅᑯᑎᑦ, label=none
, ma’na
iu, ᒪ'ᓇ, label=none
, qujannamiik
iu, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, label=none
, nakurmiik
iu, ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ, label=none
, qujanaq
, thank you
, -
, imannaq
( iu, ᐃᒪᓐᓇᖅ, label=none)
, iiq
iu, ᐄᖅ, label=none
, nauk
iu, ᓇᐅᒃ, label=none
, aakka
iu, ᐋᒃᑲ, label=none
, aagga
iu, ᐋᒡᒐ, label=none
, naagga
, no
, -
, hiqiniq
( iu, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ, label=none)
, hiqiniq
iu, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ, label=none
iu, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ, label=none
, siqiniq
iu, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ, label=none
, siqiniq
iu, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ, label=none
, seqineq
, sun
, -
, ublaaq
( iu, ᐅᑉᓛᖅ, label=none)
, ublaaq
iu, ᐅᑉᓛᖅ, label=none
, ublaaq
iu, ᐅᑉᓛᖅ, label=none
, ullaaq
iu, ᐅᓪᓛᖅ, label=none
, ullaaq
iu, ᐅᓪᓛᖅ, label=none
, ullaaq
, morning
, -
, qablu
( iu, ᖃᑉᓗ, label=none)
, qablu
iu, ᖃᑉᓗ, label=none
, qablu
iu, ᖃᑉᓗ, label=none
, qallu
iu, ᖃᓪᓗ, label=none
, qallu
iu, ᖃᓪᓗ, label=none
, qallu
, eyebrow
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Natsilik dialect
Agglutinative languages
Indigenous languages of the North American Arctic
First Nations languages in Canada
Inuit languages
Inuktitut words and phrases