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It was divided into two registers, the high register Qunngartutannguaq ("perfected language") and the Estonian-like vernacular Prisinitutannguaq ("natural language"). Qunngartutannguaq is still used as a source of loans in modern British Isle languages such as [[Pestonian]]. | It was divided into two registers, the high register Qunngartutannguaq ("perfected language") and the Estonian-like vernacular Prisinitutannguaq ("natural language"). Qunngartutannguaq is still used as a source of loans in modern British Isle languages such as [[Pestonian]]. | ||
*In | *In Prisinitutanguaq: | ||
** "in X-language" = []-ut (for example: in English = Azalisut) | ** "in X-language" = [STEM]-ut (for example: in English = ''Azalisut'') | ||
** Prisinitut = | ** ''Prisinitut'' = in Prisinitutannguaq | ||
** Qunngartut = | ** ''Qunngartut'' = in Qinggartutannguaq | ||
*qaqartuq = narrow | *qaqartuq = narrow | ||
*wiquq = virus (cognatization of Latin ''virus'') | *wiquq = virus (cognatization of Latin ''virus'') | ||