Nunamiut the Tundra Dwellers
This article investigates the various senses and derivations of the term nuna in the Inuit-Yupik languages in order to reveal its origin in referring to the Arctic tundra. These languages arguably derive from that of the ancestors of the earliest inhabitants of the North American tundra, other inhab...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/e17203bb-0d24-44fd-a099-14ff4e33aece 2023-05-15T14:58:07+02:00 Nunamiut the Tundra Dwellers Fortescue, Michael David 2021 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/nunamiut-the-tundra-dwellers(e17203bb-0d24-44fd-a099-14ff4e33aece).html eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Fortescue , M D 2021 , ' Nunamiut the Tundra Dwellers ' , Etudes Inuit Studies , vol. 44 , no. 1/2 , pp. 37-51 . /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/FacultyOfHumanities Faculty of Humanities lingvistik eskimologi /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/TheFacultyOfHealthScience Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences article 2021 ftcopenhagenunip 2023-01-18T23:54:13Z This article investigates the various senses and derivations of the term nuna in the Inuit-Yupik languages in order to reveal its origin in referring to the Arctic tundra. These languages arguably derive from that of the ancestors of the earliest inhabitants of the North American tundra, other inhabitants of the circumpolar Arctic today having only moved up at later times. Likely etymological correspondences in Eurasian languages of the far north support the original meaning of the word, whose connotations can be contrasted with those of English land, by which it is usually translated. They include reference to the unique vegetation of the Arctic tundra and to settlement and migratory movements across it in the past. The word has survived through millennia as far apart as mountainous East Greenland and the Aleutian Islands chain, where it has been adapted (as Unangan tanaX) to the archipelagic setting. It is suggested that the term nunamiut, literally “tundra dwellers,” can suitably be applied to speakers of all these languages still today. Les sens et dérivations diverses du terme nuna dans les langues Inuit et Yupik sont le sujet de cette enquête qui montre que nuna renvoie originalement à la toundra arctique. Ces langues proviennent de celle des ancêtres des habitants plus anciens de la toundra nord-américaine. Les autres habitants de l’Arctique circumpolaire aujourd’hui n’y sont arrivés que plus tard. Des correspondances étymologiques probables dans les langues autochtones du Nord-eurasiatique apportent leur soutien au sens original, dont les connotations contrastent avec celles du mot land en anglais, par lequel on traduit habituellement nuna. Celles-ci comprennent une référence à la végétation unique de la toundra arctique ainsi qu’à l’habitation et aux mouvements migratoires à travers elle dans le passé. Le mot a survécu pendant des milliers d’années entre des régions si éloignées que les montagnes du Groenland oriental et les îles aléoutiennes, où il s’est adapté (comme Unangan tanaX) à l’environnement ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctique* East Greenland eskimo* Greenland Groenland Îles Aléoutiennes inuit Inuit–Yupik toundra Tundra Unangan Yupik Aleutian Islands University of Copenhagen: Research Arctic Greenland |
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This article investigates the various senses and derivations of the term nuna in the Inuit-Yupik languages in order to reveal its origin in referring to the Arctic tundra. These languages arguably derive from that of the ancestors of the earliest inhabitants of the North American tundra, other inhabitants of the circumpolar Arctic today having only moved up at later times. Likely etymological correspondences in Eurasian languages of the far north support the original meaning of the word, whose connotations can be contrasted with those of English land, by which it is usually translated. They include reference to the unique vegetation of the Arctic tundra and to settlement and migratory movements across it in the past. The word has survived through millennia as far apart as mountainous East Greenland and the Aleutian Islands chain, where it has been adapted (as Unangan tanaX) to the archipelagic setting. It is suggested that the term nunamiut, literally “tundra dwellers,” can suitably be applied to speakers of all these languages still today. Les sens et dérivations diverses du terme nuna dans les langues Inuit et Yupik sont le sujet de cette enquête qui montre que nuna renvoie originalement à la toundra arctique. Ces langues proviennent de celle des ancêtres des habitants plus anciens de la toundra nord-américaine. Les autres habitants de l’Arctique circumpolaire aujourd’hui n’y sont arrivés que plus tard. Des correspondances étymologiques probables dans les langues autochtones du Nord-eurasiatique apportent leur soutien au sens original, dont les connotations contrastent avec celles du mot land en anglais, par lequel on traduit habituellement nuna. Celles-ci comprennent une référence à la végétation unique de la toundra arctique ainsi qu’à l’habitation et aux mouvements migratoires à travers elle dans le passé. Le mot a survécu pendant des milliers d’années entre des régions si éloignées que les montagnes du Groenland oriental et les îles aléoutiennes, où il s’est adapté (comme Unangan tanaX) à l’environnement ... |
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Fortescue , M D 2021 , ' Nunamiut the Tundra Dwellers ' , Etudes Inuit Studies , vol. 44 , no. 1/2 , pp. 37-51 . |
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