Aivilik, also known as Aivilingmiutut, Aivilimmiutut, Aivillirmiut, and Kangiqłniq, 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, as do some linguists,[1] but it is instead sometimes classified as a dialect of Inuvialuk.[2] However, Inuktitut and Inuvialuk form a dialect continuum with few sharp boundaries.

Aivilik
Aivilingmiutut
Native to	Canada
Region	Aivilik, Nunavut
Ethnicity	Aivilingmiut
Language family	Eskimo–Aleut Eskimo Inuit (variously considered Inuvialuk or Inuktitut) Aivilik
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	ike-aiv
Glottolog	None
Inuit dialects. Aivilik is the dark blue to the west of Hudson Bay.
Aivilingmiutut is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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