Inuit

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Inuit

The Inuit are the native inhabitants of the northermost part of the Americas. Their territory ranges from Siberia to Greenland through Alaska and Canada. Their language is divided in distinct languages or dialects, but has some unity. It is called Yupik in South and Central Alaska, Inupiaq in North Alaska, and Inuktitut in Canada and Greenland. The Inuit have some autonomy now in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) and will also be a self-governed territory soon in Canada in Nunavut (their homeland, covering part of the Northwest Territories).

 

 

 

Inuit

Inuit edo eskimalak (izen hau ez erabiltzea hobeto) Amerikateko ipar-iparreko biztanleak dira. Beren herria Siberiatik Groenlandiara zabal da, Alaska eta Kanadako iparraldea tartean direla. Beren hizkuntza, mintzaira desberdinetan zatitua egon arren, bat da eta izen desberdinak ditu segun eta non: Yupik, Inupiaq, Inuktitut... Groenlandian (Kalaallit Nunaat) badute autonomia, baita laster Kanadako Nunaat eskualdean (Northwest Territories eskualdeko parte handi bat mapetan).

 

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Check also the Native American sub-index.

 

Orrialde honetan zera aurkituko duzu:

Beste orrialde natzuetan:

Ikus Ameriketako hizkuntzen azpi-aurkibidea


Greenland

In Greenland several Inuktitut dialects are spoken, and there are about 40.000 Inuit (85% of the local population). Also 7.000 Inuit in mainland Denmark. The placenames listed here are already official in Inuktitut.

 

 

 

Kalaallut Nunaat

Groenlandian zenbait dialekto Inuit daude. Inuitak 40.000 inguru dira (bertakoen %85). 7.000 bizi dira gainera Europako Danimarkan. Zerrendako izen hauek ofizialak dira dagoeneko Inuktitut hizkuntzan.

* Daniera / Danish

Inuit

* Grønland

Kalaallit Nunaat

Angmagssalik

Ammassalik

Bushman Ø

Salleq

Carey Øer

Kitsissut

Christianshaab

Qasigiannguit

Conial Rock

Igannoq

Danmark Ø

Ujuaakajiip Nunaa

Disko (island)

Qeqertarsuaq

Diskobugt

Qeqertarsuup Tunua

Diskofjord

Kangerluq

Donnebrog Ø

Qillak

Donnell Fjord

Iluileq

Egedesminde

Aasiaat

Evighedsfjord

Kangerlussuatsiaq

Frederiksdal

Narsaq Kualleq

Frederikshaab

Paamiut

Godhavn

Qeqertarsuaq

Godthaab

Nuuk

Hamborgerland

Sermersuut

Hareøer

Qeqertarsuatsiaq

Holsteinsborg

Sisimiut

Hund Ejland

Kitsissuarsuit

Hvalsund

Ikersuaq

Jakobshavn

Ilulissat

Julianehaab

Qaqortoq

Kangatsiak

Kangaatsiaq

Kap Atholl

Kagaarsuk

Kap Brewster

Kangikajik

Kap Cort Adelder

Kangeq

Kap Dan

Kulusuk

Kap Farvel

Nunap Isua

Kap Harluf Trolle

Avarqat Kangerluat

Kap Melville

Nullortup Nuua

Kap Stevenson

Kangikajik

Kobberminebugt

Kangerluq

Kraulshavn

Nuussuaq

Lindenow Fjord

Kangerlussuatsiaq

Lysefjord

Ameralik

Nanortalik

Nanortalik

Narsaq

Narsaq

Nordre Strømfjord

Nassuttoaq

Northumberland Ø

Kiatak

Øfjord

Ikaagakajik

Prøven

Kangersuatsiaq

Renland

Tuttut Nunaat

Rodebay

Oqaatsut

Saunders Ø

Appat

Scoresbysund

Ittoqqortoormiit

Søndre Strømfjord [airport]

Kangerlussuaq

Søndre Upernavik

Upernavik Kujallek

Sondrestrom

Kangerlussuaq

Sukkertoppen

Maniitsoq

Sydkap

Kangertivarmiit

Sydprøven

Alluitsup Paa

Thule

Qaanaaq

Thule Air Base

Pituffik

Ubenkendt Ejland

Illorsuit

Umanak

Uummannaq

Upernavik

Upernavik

Vaigat

Sullorsuaq



Canada

Six Inuit dialects are spoken in Canada and there are about 22.000 speakers. Names listed here are mostly from Nunavut (covers part of Northwest Territories) and Quebec. Nunavut will become autonomous soon on 1 April 1999, with capital in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) in Baffin island. Inuit placenames are re-gaining officiality in several areas in Canada, mainly in Nunavut and the northern part of Labrador peninsula (divided between Quebec and Newfoundland), called Nunavik by the Inuit. Anyway, lots of colonnial names remain. The Inuit of Nunavik, Labrador, live alongside the Innu people, which are a totally distinct ethnic group.

 

 

 

Nunavut, Nunavik...

Kanada: sei dialekto Inuit, eta guztira 22.000 hiztun. Zerrenda hauetan Nunavut eskualdeko eta Quebeceko izenak ageri dira batik bat. Nunavut laster autonomoa, ia independentea, izango da (mapetako Northwest Territories eskualdeko parte handi bat hartuko du) eta hiriburua Iqaluit (lehen Frobisher Bay) izango du, Baffin uhartean, 1999ko apirilaren 1ean.Inuit izenak ofizialtasuna berreskuratzen ari dira, batez ere Nunavut eskualdean eta Labrador penintsularen iparraldean (Nunavik, haientzat), Quebec eta Ternua artean. Beste izen kolonialista askok dirau, dena den. Nunavik (Labrador) eskualdeko Inuit herria Innu indiarren ondoan bizi dira, eta ez dira etnia biak nahastu behar.


Nunavik, Quebec: Ofizalki aldatutako izenak

Nunavik, Quebec: Names officially changed

* Izen koloniala / * Colonial name

* Inuktitut

Baie-aux-Feuilles

Tasiujaq

Bellin / Payne

Kingirsuk

Fort-Chimo

Kuujjuaq

George River

Kangiqsualujjuaq

Great Whale River / Poste-de-la-Baleine

Kuujjuarapik

Inoucdjouac

Inukjuak

Koartac

Quaqtaq

Larch River / Rivière aux Mélèzes

Kuuvik

Maricourt / Wakeham

Kangiqsujuaq

Notre-Dame-d'Ivugivic

Ivujuvik

Notre-Dame-de-Koartac

Quaqtaq

Payne Bay / Bellin

Kangirsuk

Port Burwell

Killiniq

Port Harrison

Inukjuak

Port- Nouveau-Québec

Kangiqsualujjuaq

Poste-de-la-Baleine / Great Whale River

Kuujjuarapik

Povungnituk

Puvirnituq

Rivière aux Mélèzes / Larch River

Kuuvik

Saglouc / Sugluk

Salluit

Sugluk / Saglouk

Salluit

Wakeham Bay / Maricourt

Kangiqsujuaq

* Gure laguntzaileek diotenez, izen ofizial berria, Taloyoak, jatorrizko Taluqjuak zuzenaren forma okerra besterik ez da. Informatzaileak: Kenn Harper eta Lynn Peplinski

 

* According to our informers, the new official Inuktitut name Taloyoak is a wrong form of the original name Taluqjuak. Informers: Kenn Harper and Lynn Peplinski

 



Kanada (Quebec salbu): Ofizalki aldatutako izenak

Canada (except Quebec): Names officially changed

* Former colonial name

* Inuktitut (official)

Cambridge Bay

Ikaluktutiak

Central Arctic district

Kitikmeot

Chesterfield Inlet

Igluligaarjuk

Coppermine

Kugluktuk

Coral Harbour

Salliq

Eskimo Point

Arviat

Fort-Chimo

Kuujjuaq

Frobisher Bay

Iqaluit

George River

Kangiqsualujjuaq

Hall Beach

Sanirajak

Lake Harbour

Kimmirut

Resolute

Qausuittuq

Spence Bay

Taloyoak (Taluqjuak, Talurjuaq)*



Kanada: Ofizalki aldatu ez diren izenak

Canada: Names not officially changed

* Mapetan / *Map name

* Inuktitut

Arctic Bay

Tununirusiq

Back River North

Utkosiksalik

Back River South

Senningayok

Baffin district

Qikiqtaaluk

Baffin Island

Qikiqtaaluk

Baffin Land

Omanerdjuark

Baker Lake

Kramaniktuar

Beaverly Lake

Akkilinerk

Bellot Strait

Ikkerasar

Black Lead Island

Omanerdjuark

Broughton Island

Qikiqtarjuaq

Burnside

Kingark / Kringau

Burwell & Mackenzie district

Kidlinerk

Cape Dorset

Kinngait

Cape Smith

Kekertauyak

Chimo (river)

Kuujjuaq (1)

Churchill

Kuugjuaraaluk

Churchill (river)

Kuujjuaq (1)

Clyde River

Kangiqtugaapik

Coats Island

Akpatordjuark

Davis Inlet

Ukkusitsalik

Depot Island

Pikiulerk

Diana Bay

Tuwaluk

Duke of York Bay

Akrearornert

Edgell Islands

Tujjaat

Fairway Island

Pitsiulartok

Fullerton

Kattiktalik

Garry Bay

Alanaryuk

Gjoa Haven

Oqsuqtooq

Goose Bay / Happy Valley

Vaali

Grise Fiord

Ausuittuq, Aujuittuq

Happy Valley / Goose Bay

Vaali

Harrison

Inugdjuark

Igloolik

Iglulik

Kazan River

Sagvartok

Keewatin district

Kivalliq

King William Island

Oksortok

Leaf Bay

Tasseuyak

Loks Land

Takuligjuaq

Mansel Island

Putjurnark

Marble Island

Oksoreak

McKeand (river)

Qamanialuk; Kuugaaluk

Minto Inlet

Kangeruatsiak

Mistake Bay

Tinnitsortok / Korviuyardjuk

Nain

Naini

Nottingham Island

Tujjaat

Padlei

Kingarvalik

Payne Bay

Kangerdluk

Pelly Bay

Aqvilikjuaq / Kuraryuk

Perry River

Kuujjuaq (1)

Pond Inlet

Mittimatalik / Maluksitak / Tunnunerk

Povangitok

Povernittok

Prince River

Akkilasardjuk

Rabbit Island

Naukorvik

Rankin Inlet

Kangerdlinerk

Read Island

Kekertardjuk

Repulse Bay

Naujaat / Aivilik

Resolution Island

Tujjaat

Richardson Island

Nagdjurtok

Rigolet

Tikiraqsuarusik

Salisbury Island

Akulliq

Southamption Island

Sadlert

Spence Bay

Taluqjuak / Talurjuaq *

Taloyoak

Taluqjuak / Talurjuaq *

Tavanee

Korviuyardjuk

Tern Point

Tikerardjuark

Thelon River

Kurk / Kork

Thom Bay

Ikpik

Wager Inlet

Utkosiksalik / Tasseuyak

Walkham Bay

Kangerdludjuark

Walrus Island

Akpatorardjuk

Whale Cove

Tikirajuaq

Whale River

Unguniarvik

Wolstenholme

Kangerdlukadlak

* Gure laguntzaileek diotenez, izen ofizial berria, Taloyoak, jatorrizko Taluqjuak zuzenaren forma okerra besterik ez da. Informatzaileak: Kenn Harper eta Lynn Peplinski

(1) Izen errepikatu honek Ibai Handia esan nahi du.

* According to our informers, the new official Inuktitut name Taloyoak is a wrong form of the original name Taluqjuak. Informers: Kenn Harper and Lynn Peplinski

(1) This usual name means Great River.



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Kanada eta Groenlandiako Inuiten kultur eremua
Cultural area of the Inuit of Canada and Greenland

Groenlandia: izenak Inuktitutez
Greenland: Inuit settlements in Inuktitut

Nunavut: eskualde autonomo berria 1999ko apirilaren 1etik. Ikus izenak Inuit alfabetoz idatziak.
Nunavut: autonomous territory effective April 1st, 1999. Note the placenames in the Inuit script.

Inuit herriak Ekialdeko eta Erdialdeko Kanadan (izen ofizialak)
Inuit settlements of East and Central Canada, only official names

Inuit herriak Mendebaldeko Kanadan (izen ofizialak)
Inuit settlements of West Canada, only official names


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