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{{Infobox language
|name=Natsilik
|nativename=Nattiliŋmiutut
|states={{wipe|Canada}}
|region=[[Earth:North America|North America]]
|ethnicity=Netsilik Inuit
|speakers=?
|familycolor=Eskimo-Aleut
|fam2=Eskimo
|fam3=[[Social:Inuit languages|Inuit]]
|fam4=[[Biography:Inuvialuktun|Inuvialuktun]]
|isoexception=dialect
|glotto=nets1241
|glottorefname=Netsilik
|map=Inuktitut dialect map.svg
|mapcaption=Inuit dialects. (Broader) Netsilik is the dark green in the center.
|notice=IPA
}}

'''Netsilik''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|ɛ|t|ˈ|s|ɪ|l|ɪ|k}},<ref>{{OED|Netsilik}}</ref> '''Natsilik''','''Nattilik''', '''Netsilingmiut''', '''Natsilingmiutut''',<ref>[http://husky1.smu.ca/~stulloch/DialectStudyLaySummaryTrilingual.pdf Preserving Inuit Dialects in Nunavut, January 2005]</ref> '''Nattilingmiutut''',<ref>[http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/987678_teacher_devises_special_syllabics_for_nattilingmiutut/ Teacher devises special syllabics for Nattilingmiutut]</ref> '''Nattiliŋmiutut'''<ref>http://www.tusaalanga.ca</ref> is a dialect of [[Biography:Inuvialuktun|Inuvialuktun]] (Western Canadian Inuit or Inuktitut) language once spoken in the Nattilik area of [[Earth:Nunavut|Nunavut]], {{wipe|Canada}} by Netsilik Inuit.

''Natsilingmiut'' (ᓇᑦᓯᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ "people from Natsilik") came from ''natsik'' “seal” + postbase ''-lik'' “place with something” + postbase ''-miut'' “inhabitants of”.

== Classification ==
* There are three main dialect divisions of Natsilingmiutut dialect:<ref name="languagegeek">{{cite web |url=http://www.languagegeek.com/inu/inuvialuktun.html |title=Iñuvialuktun/Inuvialuktun/Inuinnaqtun |accessdate=2011-03-17 |publisher=languagegeek.com}}</ref>
** Natsilik subdialect, or Natsilik/Netsilik proper
** Arviligjuaq subdialect
** [[Social:Utkuhiksalik|Utkuhiksalik]] subdialect

== Special letters ==
Natsilik dialect has the special letters: '''š ř ŋ'''

These special characters are used by some Nattiliŋmiut speakers to document their dialect.<ref>[http://www.tusaalanga.ca/node/2520 Why does Nattiliŋmiut have special letters?]</ref>

'''š''' {{IPA|[ʂ]}} – sounds like ‘shr’ and is distinct from both the s sound that is used in words borrowed from [[Social:English language|English]] and the more common h sound.

:''Uqšuqtuuq'' Gjoa Haven
:''hikšik'' ground squirrel, marmot
:''mikšaanut'' about

'''ř''' {{IPA|[ɟ]}} (in Inuktitut syllabics ᖬ řa ᖨ ři ᖪ řu ᖭ řaa ᖩ řii ᖫ řuu) – sounds like an English (retroflex) r.  It is distinct from the r sound used by other dialects, which is closer to the r {{IPA|[ʁ]}} sound made in [[Social:French language|French]] at the back of the throat.

:ᐃᖨ ''iři'' eye (cf. Inuktitut ᐃᔨ ''iji'')
:ᐅᒡᖪᒃ ''ugřuk'' bearded seal (cf. Inuktitut ᐅᒡᔪᒃ ''ugjuq'')
:ᑭᐅᖪᖅ ''kiuřuq'' s/he replies, answers (cf. Inuktitut ᑭᐅᔪᖅ ''kiujuq'')
:ᐊᐱᕆᖪᖅ ''apiriřuq'' s/he asks (cf. Inuktitut ᐊᐱᕆᔪᖅ ''apirijuq'')

'''ŋ''' – A small number of Inuktitut speakers use this character instead of ng.  The use of ng is deceiving because it makes use of two letters to represent what is actually a single sound.  In syllabics this sound is represented by a single character ᖕ.

Using this letter also makes the distinction between the sequence [nŋ] and long [ŋː] clearer, the first being spelled ‘nŋ’ and the latter ‘ŋŋ’. In eastern varieties of Inuktitut which do not have the sequence [nŋ], long [ŋː] is spelled ‘nng’ rather than ‘ngng’.

When the letter ‘ŋ’ is not used, the distinction may be made by spelling [nŋ] ‘n'ng’ and [ŋː] ‘nng’.

:''avinŋuaq'' lemming
:''kiŋŋaq'' mountain

== Comparison ==
{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"
|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa"
|'''Inuinnaqtun'''
|'''Nattiliŋmiut'''
|'''Kivallirmiut'''
|'''Aggurmiut''' <br /> (North Baffin)
|'''Uqqurmiut'''<br /> (South Baffin)
|'''meaning'''
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|niriyuq
|niriřuq
|nirijuq
|nirijuq
|nirijuq
|s/he eats
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|ihumayuq
|ihumařuq
|ihumajuq
|isumajuq
|isumajuq
|s/he thinks
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|pingahut
|piŋahut
|pingahut
|pingasut
|pingasut
|three
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|akhunaaq
|akłunaaq
|akłunaaq
|akłunaaq
|atsunaaq
|rope
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|quana
|qujanaqqutit
|ma’na
|qujannamiik
|nakurmiik
|thank you
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|imannaq
|iiq
|nauk
|aakka
|aagga
|no
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|hiqiniq
|hiqiniq
|hiqiniq
|siqiniq
|siqiniq
|sun
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|ublaaq
|ublaaq
|ublaaq
|ullaaq
|ullaaq
|morning
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
|qablu
|qablu
|qablu
|qallu
|qallu
|eyebrow
|}

== References ==
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{{Eskimo-Aleut languages}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Natsilik dialect}}
[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]

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