Siglitun

E353183

Siglitun is a dialect of the Inuit language traditionally spoken by the Siglit Inuit of the western Canadian Arctic.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Siglitun canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit language dialect
dialect
associatedWith Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
closelyRelatedTo Kangiryuarmiutun
linked to: Inuvialuktun

Uummarmiutun
country Canada
endonym Siglitun
ethnicGroup Siglit Inuit
glottologCode sigl1240
hasAlternativeName Siglitun Inuvialuktun
linked to: Inuvialuktun

Siglitun dialect
hasAncestor Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
Proto-Inuit
hasDialects Beaufort coastal Siglitun
Mackenzie Delta Siglitun
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Alaskan Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq

Central Canadian Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive use of suffixes
polysynthetic morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature rich consonant inventory typical of Inuit languages
hasSyntacticFeature primarily SOV word order
ISO639-3 xsl
isPartOf Inuvialuktun language continuum
linked to: Inuvialuit language
languageBranch Inuit languages
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
partOf Inuit language
linked to: Inuit languages

Inuvialuit cultural heritage
region Northwest Territories
western Canadian Arctic
revitalizationEffort community-based language classes
school programs in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
spokenBy Siglit Inuit
spokenIn Beaufort Sea coast
linked to: Arctic coast

Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Mackenzie Delta
status endangered
subclassOf Inuvialuktun
taughtIn Northwest Territories schools
traditionalUse communication during seasonal hunting and fishing camps
usedFor everyday communication within Siglit communities
hunting terminology
traditional oral storytelling
writingSystem Inuktitut syllabics
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inuvialuktun hasDialect Siglitun
Siglitun endonym Siglitun