Inuktun
Subtitle: an introduction to the language of Qaanaaq, Thule = Inuktun : en introduktion til Thulesproget
By: Michael Fortescue.
Series: Institut for eskimologis skriftrække ;; 15; Institut for eskimologi. Københavns universitet (Series) ;; 15.
Publisher: Institut for Eskimologi, Københavns Universitet
Published: 1991
Place of publication: København
Language: eng; dan
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Inuit language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Polar Eskimos.; Inuit language -- Grammar.
Description: This study of the dialect (Polar Eskimo, Thulesproget, Inuktun or Avanersuarmiutut) spoken by the Inughuit, the Inuit hunters living in the northwest tip of Greenland near Thule, focusses on the speech of the groups aged 30-50, who are least affected by West Greenlandic and Danish speech. Settlements included are Qaanaaq, Havighivik, Muriuhaq, Qikiqtat, Qikiqtarhuaq and Hiurapaluk. The study includes a thematic dictionary and sample text.
Notes: Includes bibliographcical references (p. 182) and index.
English and Danish.