Inuktun : an introduction to the language of Qaanaaq, Thule / Michael Fortescue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fortescue, Michael D.

Series:

Languages of the world ; 68.

Languages of the world, 0940-0788 ; 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eskimo languages--Greenland--Qaanaaq.

Eskimo languages.

Physical Description:

ii, 175 pages : color map ; 25 cm

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

Muenchen : Lincom GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

This volume is a new, revised version of the long out-of-date volume published in the former Institute of Eskimology's internal publication series (Copenhagen University). The new version is with English texts (and does not include the Danish translations of the original version). Besides the thematic dictionary, a succinct description of the grammar plus a sample text (with translation) is added. The format of the thematic section is parallel to that for East Greenlandic in Robbe & Dorais (1986), which also contains West Greenlandic equivalents. In this way the lexicons of the three major dialects of Greenland can be directly compared. The Inuktun dialect is both conservative and innovative, having been isolated for long periods in the past. It is now endangered and facing encroachment from the majority West Greenlandic dialect (the basis of the written language of Greenland).

Notes:

Originally published with Danish translations in 1991 as number 15 in the publication series of the Institute of Eskimology, Universtiy of Copenhagen.

Includes bibliographical references (page 144) and index.

ISBN:

9783969392454

3969392454

OCLC:

1513494425

Publisher Number:

9783969392454