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Vocabulaire Francais-Esquimau - Dialecte des Tchiglit des bouches du Mackenzie et de l'Anderson (Paperback)
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Vocabulaire Francais-Esquimau - Dialecte des Tchiglit des bouches du Mackenzie et de l'Anderson (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
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French missionary Emile Petitot (1838 1916) was based in Canada's
Northwest Territories for twelve years, from 1862. He visited the
Inuit people five times and became so well accepted that they
called him 'Mr Petitot, son of the Sun'. Petitot believed that
understanding Inuit languages was crucial to the religious
conversion of the natives. During his mission, he collected more
linguistic material than ever before and prepared dictionaries of
the various Dene dialects. In this book, published in 1876, he
describes the Inuit's traditions and sets about the monumental task
of compiling the first grammar and vocabulary of the extremely
complex Tchiglit dialect. Petitot also made substantial
contributions to the geology, palaeontology, zoology and botany of
the Northwest region. His efforts were rewarded with a Silver Medal
from the French Societe de Geographie and the Back Award from the
Royal Geographical Society of London.
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