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Siglitun is the dialect of Inuit language spoken by the Siglit Inuit. It is mainly used in the communities of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour and Tuktoyaktuk. Siglitun was once the principal dialect of the Mackenzie river delta, nearby parts of the coast and Arctic ocean islands, but the number of speakers fell dramatically following outbreaks of new diseases in the 19th century and for many years Siglitun was believed to be completely extinct. It was only in the 1980s that outsiders realised that it was still spoken.
It is one of the three dialects of Inuit language grouped together under the label Inuvialuktun.
Siglitun grammar
- Qulliq qamillagu? Ii, qamijjung! Naaggai, qaminngau!
- Apiqsurlakput? Ii, apiqsuqsiung! Naaggai, apiqsurasiung!
- Ilrum kivgaluk amiiqqaagaa; iluigaa; uuk&iyaa; salummagaa; igayaa.
- Ilrum kivgaluk amiiqqaaq&ugu iluiq&ugu, uuk&iblugu, salummaq&ugu,igayaa.
translate:
- Should I turn off the light? Yes, turn it off! No, don't turn it off!
- Should we ask him? Yes, ask him I No, don't ask him!
- Ilruq first skinned the muskrat; she gutted it; she cut it into portions she cleaned it; she cooked it.
- Ilruq first skinned the muskrat, then gutted it, cut it into portions, cleaned it, and cooked it.
- (Siglit Inuvialuit uqausiita ilisarviksait/Basic Siglit Inuvialuit Eskimo Grammar, pp 230-237)
By the way, '&' as known as ł /ɬ/, it is voiceless fricative like 'shl or dl' some what sounds 'zl'
amiiqqaaqługu instead of amiiqqaaq&ugu
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