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Kivalliq dialect

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Kivalliq dialect

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Eskimo–AleutEskimoInuit(variously considered Inuvialuk or Inuktitut)Kivalliq

Kivalliq, also known as Kivallirmiutut, Caribou Eskimo, or formerly as Keewatin, 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, but linguists generally classify it as a dialect of Inuvialuk. However, Inuktitut and Inuvialuk form a dialect continuum with few sharp boundaries.

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Kivalliq dialect Wikipedia