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The North Baffin (Qikiqtaaluk Uannangani), Kivalliq, and Aivilik dialects should be grouped with Inuktitut, not Inuvialuktun. See, e.g., Dorais (2003, 2017). Inuvialuktun is sometimes used to mean Sallirmiutun (formerly Siglitun) specifically, or is used to refer to all three dialects in the Northwest Territories (e.g., https://www.irc.inuvialuit.com/language-0). To complicate things, though, the Inuinnaqtun spoken on the Nunavut side of the border does not typically get referred to as Inuvialuktun. Adopting Dorais's (2003, 2017) labels of Eastern Canadian Inuktitut and Western Canadian Inuktun might make sense, instead of simply Inuktitut and Inuvialuktun.

Although Natsilingmiutut is often classified as being part of Western Canadian Inuktun (instead of Eastern Canadian Inuktitut), it is typically labelled Inuktitut as well (e.g., by the government of Nunavut). Briggs, Johns & Cook's (2015) dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut, spoken in the same area, also labels this dialect as Inuktitut. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richardjamescompton (talk • contribs) 15:41, 12 June 2020 (UTC)