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Inuvialuktun, or Western Canadian Inuit language, Western Canadian Inuktitut, Western Canadian Inuktun comprises three Inuit
dialects spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by those Canadian Inuit who call themselves Inuvialuk (plural Inuvialuit).
Inuvialuktun is spoken by the Inuit of the Mackenzie River delta in the Northwest Territories, Banks Island, part of Victoria
Island and the Arctic Ocean coast of the Northwest Territories – the lands of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. The government
of the Northwest Territories considers Inuvialuktun distinct from the Inuktitut spoken in Nunavut. Inuvialuktun is one of
the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories. It is written using a Latin alphabet and has no tradition of Inuktitut
syllabics. Rather than a coherent language, Inuvialuktun is a politically motivated grouping of three quite distinct and separate
dialects. Before the 20th century, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region was primarily inhabited by Siglit Inuit who spoke the
Siglitun dialect, but in the second half of the 19th century, their numbers were dramatically reduced by the introduction
of new diseases. Inuit from Alaska moved into traditionally Siglit areas in the 1910s and 20s, enticed in part by renewed
demand for furs from the Hudson's Bay Company. These Inuit are called Uummarmiut – which means people of the green trees –
in reference to their settlements near the tree line. Originally, there was an intense dislike between the Siglit and the
Uummarmiut, but these differences have faded over the years, and the two communities are thoroughly intermixed these days. |
Names (more)[en] Inuinnaqtun |
Language type : Living
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