Inuit languages

E147137
Eskimo–Aleut languages Indigenous languages of the Americas language family

Inuit languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken by Inuit peoples across the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Inuit languages canonical 8
Inuit language 4
Alaskan Native languages 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areImportantFor cultural identity of Inuit communities ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleWith neighboring Inuit dialects to varying degrees ⓘ
areSubjectOf Arctic linguistic research ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Naukan Yupik language ⓘ
surface form: Yupik languages
ethnicGroup Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Inuit peoples
feature complex verb morphology ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment (in many varieties) ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
productive derivational morphology ⓘ
rich inflectional systems ⓘ
glottologCode inui1246 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Inuit-Inupiaq languages ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
surface form: Inuktut (in some Canadian contexts)
hasDialects multiple regional dialects ⓘ
hasPart Kalaallisut ⓘ
surface form: Greenlandic language

Inuinnaqtun ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuktun ⓘ
Inuvialuktun ⓘ
Kalaallisut ⓘ
Yupik–Inuit transitional varieties ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom Proto-Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Eskimo
ISO639FamilyCode esx ⓘ
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
partOf Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut language family
recognizedAs official language in Greenland (Kalaallisut) ⓘ
official language in Northwest Territories (certain varieties) ⓘ
official language in Nunavut ⓘ
region Arctic Ocean coasts ⓘ
Far North ⓘ
surface form: Circumpolar North
spokenBy Inuit ⓘ
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic regions

Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
status endangered in several regions ⓘ
subclassOf Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo languages
subjectOf language revitalization efforts ⓘ
usedFor local media and broadcasting in some regions ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ
usedIn education in some Inuit communities ⓘ
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eskimo–Aleut languages → hasSubfamily → Inuit languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktut (umbrella term for Inuit languages in Canada)
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → developedFor → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuktun → subclassOf → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuit language
Inuktun → languageBranch → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → partOf → Inuit languages ⓘ
Labrador Inuttitut → subdivisionOf → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuit language
Aivilimmiutut → languageBranch → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuinnaqtun → subclassOf → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuit language
Kitikmeot Region → hasIndigenousGroup → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuinnaqtun-speaking Inuit
Cup’ig dialect → belongsToGroup → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alaskan Native languages
Siglitun → partOf → Inuit languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuit language
Siglitun → languageBranch → Inuit languages ⓘ
Proto-Inuit → followedBy → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuvialuit language → subfamily → Inuit languages ⓘ