Natchilingmiutut (ᓇᑦᕠᓕᖕᒥᐅᑐᑦ), Netsilik , Natsilik, Nattilik, Netsilingmiut, Natsilingmiutut, Nattilingmiutut, or Nattiliŋmiutut is an Inuit language variety spoken in western

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, by Netsilik Inuit. ( 'people from Natchilik') came from 'seal' + postbase 'place with something' + postbase '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: , used by some Nattiliŋmiut speakers.Why does Nattiliŋmiut have special letters?
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were proposed for the

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corresponding to ''h'' and ''š'': 𑪴 ''ha,'' 𑪰 ''hi,'' 𑪲 ''hu'', and 𑪺 ''ša'', 𑪶 ''ši'', 𑪸 ''šu'', and their long counterparts with a dot above 𑪵 ''haa'', 𑪱 ''hii'', 𑪳 ''huu'', and 𑪻 ''šaa'', 𑪷 ''šii'', 𑪹 ''šuu''.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. š – also written as or , it sounds a bit like English "''shr''" and is distinct from both the ''s'' sound that is used in words borrowed from English and the more common ''h'' sound. : 'Gjoa Haven' : 'about' : 'ground squirrel, marmot' ř (in Inuktitut syllabics ) – 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 at the back of the throat. : 'eye' (cf. Inuktitut ᐃᔨ ''iji'') : 'bearded seal' (cf. Inuktitut ᐅᒡᔪᒃ ''ugjuq'') : 's/he replies, answers' (cf. Inuktitut ᑭᐅᔪᖅ ''kiujuq'') : 's/he asks' (cf. Inuktitut ᐊᐱᕆᔪᖅ ''apirijuq'') – 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 . Using this letter also makes the distinction between the sequence and long clearer, the first being spelled ''nŋ'' () and the latter ''ŋŋ'' (). In eastern varieties of Inuktitut which do not have the sequence , long is spelled ''nng'' () rather than ''ngng'' (). When the letter ''ŋ'' is not used, the distinction may be made by spelling ''n'ng'' and ''nng''. : () 'lemming' : () 'mountain'

Comparison

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Natsilik dialect Agglutinative languages Indigenous languages of the North American Arctic First Nations languages in Canada Inuit languages Inuktitut words and phrases