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Inuvialuktun

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

Proper noun

Inuvialuktun

  1. A language or dialect of Inuktitut spoken by some Inuit.
    • Ivvavik (“the place of birth” in Inuvialuktun), in the Yukon, is a relative newcomer to the national parks system. It was created in 1984 as part of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.2011 August 13, Kirsten Murphy, “Ivvavik National Park: naturally spectacular”, in The Globe and Mail
    • Since Dodie Malegana was two weeks old, she's heard Inuvialuktun. She was raised by her grandparents in Aklavik, N.W.T., and they never spoke English.2019 July 23, “Keepers of the Language: Radio host never spoke Inuvialuktun until she hit the airwaves”, in CBC News

Questions about Inuvialuktun

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

Words near Inuvialuktun in the dictionary

  1. inutterable
  2. inutterably
  3. Inuttitut
  4. Inuttut
  5. Inuvialuit
  6. Inuvialuktun
  7. Inuvik
  8. inuysybel
  9. inv
  10. Inv.
  11. invacuate

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