Auyuittuq National Park
| Pronunciation Key | Indigenous language |
|---|---|
| ow-you-we-took | Inuktitut |
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Inuktitut
ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ “ᓄᓇ ᐊᐅᒍᓐᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ” ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖅ ᓯᑯᖃᐃᓐᓇᓲᖅ ᕿᕿᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑕᐅᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. (ᐊᐱᖅᓲᑎᑦ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2021)
English
Auyuittuq is Inuktitut for “the land that never melts” because of the year-round ice in this area. Inuktitut is an Inuit language and is among the most spoken Indigenous languages in Canada. (Census 2021)
Related links
- Indigenous Place Names
- Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada
- International Decade of Indigenous Languages (Canadian Heritage)
- Indigenous languages spoken at home (Statistics Canada)
- Auyuittuq National Park (Parks Canada)
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