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Netsilik /ˌnɛtˈsɪlɪk/ NatsilikNattilik Netsilingmiut Natsilingmiutut Nattilingmiutut Nattiliŋmiutut is a dialect of Inuvialuktun (Western Canadian Inuit or Inuktitut) language once spoken in the Nattilik area of Nunavut Canada by Netsilik Inuit people.Natsilingmiut (ᓇᑦᓯᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ “people from Natsilik”) came from natsik “seal” + postbase -lik “place with something” + postbase -miut “inhabitants of”.

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family
Inuit languages, Eskimo–Aleut languages, Inuvialuktun
spoken in
North America, Canada

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