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Inuinnaqtun

Inuinnaqtun proper noun: a language or dialect of Inuktitut spoken by some Inuit.

Proper noun

Inuinnaqtun

  1. A language or dialect of Inuktitut spoken by some Inuit.
    • He is Canadian in other ways, too: When he discovers that his Inuinnaqtun interpreter, a boy named Angituk McAndrew, is in fact a warm-hearted and good-cooking girl who has a thing for him, he resists the temptation for some fun under the skins with near super-human restraint. It's not that he's a...2010 November 29, Andrew Pyper, “Coppermine, by Keith Ross Leckie”, in The Globe and Mail
    • The Kitikmeot Heritage Society is launching a language revitalization project on Inuinnaqtun, a dialect of the Inuit language.2021 July 7, Meral Jamal, “Kitikmeot Heritage Society launches Inuinnaqtun revitalization project”, in CBC News

Questions about Inuinnaqtun

What does Inuinnaqtun mean?
Inuinnaqtun means a language or dialect of Inuktitut spoken by some Inuit.
What part of speech is Inuinnaqtun?
Inuinnaqtun is a proper noun.

Words near Inuinnaqtun in the dictionary

  1. inugami
  2. Inughuit
  3. Inugsuk
  4. inuhariko
  5. Inuhuit
  6. Inuinnaqtun
  7. Inuit
  8. Inuit Dog
  9. Inuit Dogs
  10. Inuit Nunangat
  11. Inuitian

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