Aivilingmiutut

Aivilik, also known as Aivilingmiutut, Aivilimmiutut, Aivillirmiut, and Kangiqłniq, is a Canadian dialect of the Inuit language 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,[1] but it is instead sometimes classified as a dialect of Inuvialuk.[2] However, Inuktitut and Inuvialuk form a dialect continuum with few sharp boundaries.

Aivilik
Aivilingmiutut
Native toCanada
RegionAivilik, Nunavut
EthnicityAivilingmiut
Eskimo–Aleut
  • Eskimo
    • Inuit
      • (variously considered Inuvialuk or Inuktitut)
        • Aivilik
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
ike-aiv
GlottologNone
Inuit dialects. Aivilik is the dark blue to the west of Hudson Bay.

References
  1. Goddard (1996) The Classification of the Native Languages of North America", Handbook of North American Indians, vol. 17:4–8
  2. Languages of Canada, Ethnologue, ed. 17
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