Comments for NIVIARSIAQ:

Niviarsiaq pronounced ni-vee-AR-see-aq. The q at the end represents a sound not found in English or other European languages. It's sort of like a k, but very far back in the throat using almost a glottal stop. Also, the r is not rolled, flipped, or like an English r. It is in the back of the throat, perhaps most similar to an Israeli Hebrew r.

-- cait  7/27/2007

This is technically not a Native American name. It's a Greenlandic name, but I've never heard it used by Alaskan or Canadian Inuit people. Also, the meaning is incorrect -- it should just be "girl". Young woman would be arnaraq. [noted -ed]

-- cait  7/27/2007

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