Aivilik, also known as ''Aivilingmiutut, Aivilimmiutut, Aivillirmiut,'' and ''Kangiqłniq,'' is a Canadian dialect of the
Inuit language
The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and adjacent subarctic, reaching farthest south in Labrador. The related Yupik languages (spoken in weste ...
spoken along the northwestern shores of
Hudson Bay in
Nunavut. The governments of Nunavut and the
Northwest Territories generally consider it to be a dialect of
Inuktitut, due to its location in Nunavut, as do some linguists, but it is instead sometimes classified as a dialect of
Inuvialuk.
[Languages of Canada, ''Ethnologue'', ed. ]
/ref> However, Inuktitut and Inuvialuk form a dialect continuum
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
with few sharp boundaries.
References
{{Eskimo-Aleut languages
Inuit languages