Cratère des Pingualuit
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. NASA. Courtesy of Denis Sarrazin
Inuktitut
ᐱᓐᖑᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᐅᓇ ᐊᑎᖓ ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᖃᕐᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᒥᖔᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᔭᕌᓗᒃ ᐃᑎᖅᓯᓂᐋᓗᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ, ᐅᓇ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓂᖔᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ “ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᐋᓗᖕᓂᑦ ᑲᑕᒡᕕᐅᓂᑯᕕᓂᑦ,” ᐅᑯᐊᓗ ᐋᕿᒃᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᒥᑭᔫᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᖄᖓᓄᐊᖅᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓇᒧᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖓᑖᓂᑦ 41,600 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᓐᓇᐸᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᐸᐃᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓂᑦ. (ᐊᐱᖅᓲᑎᑦ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2021)
English
Pingualuit, the name of this massive meteor impact crater, is Inuktitut in origin. It means “great eruptive buttons,” which describes its shape and the many small hills scattered around it. Inuktitut is spoken at home by over 41,000 people, mainly in Nunavut and the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. (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)
- Cratère des Pingualuit (Commission de toponymie du Québec - In French only)
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