Inuktitut

E17515

Inuktitut is an Inuit language spoken primarily in northern Canada, especially in Nunavut and parts of Quebec, and is one of the territory’s official languages.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Inuit language ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
subject–object–verb language ⓘ
etymology from Inuit word meaning “like an Inuk” or “in the manner of an Inuk” ⓘ
hasAutonym Inuktitut self-link ⓘ
Inuktitut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
hasDialects Aivilimmiutut ⓘ
Inuvialuktun ⓘ
surface form: Kivallirmiutut

Labrador Inuttitut ⓘ
Inuktitut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nunavik Inuktitut

Inuktitut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nunavut Inuktitut

Qikiqtaaluk nigiani ⓘ
hasGrammaticalNumber dual ⓘ
plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive use of suffixes ⓘ
incorporation of nouns into verbs ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between short and long vowels ⓘ
limited consonant inventory ⓘ
hasRegulator Inatsisartut ⓘ
surface form: Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit

Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
surface form: Inuktitut syllabics

Latin alphabet ⓘ
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ISO639-1Code iu ⓘ
ISO639-2Code iku ⓘ
ISO639-3Code iku ⓘ
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
spokenBy Inuit ⓘ
spokenIn Canada ⓘ
Labrador ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Nunavik ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
subfamily Inuit languages ⓘ
usedIn education in Nunavut ⓘ
local government in Nunavut ⓘ
media in northern Canada ⓘ
usesScript Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemIntroduced Inuktitut syllabics in the 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (93)

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

Inupiaq → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
Labrador → hasIndigenousLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuit → speaks → Inuktitut ⓘ
Nunavut → officialLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuktitut → hasDialects → Inuktitut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nunavut Inuktitut
Inuktitut → hasDialects → Inuktitut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nunavik Inuktitut
Inuktitut → hasAutonym → Inuktitut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
Inuktitut → hasAutonym → Inuktitut self-link ⓘ
Nain → hasOfficialLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuttitut
World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Cape Dorset → primaryLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Iqaluit → officialLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Iqaluit → nameLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Kangiqsujuaq → officialLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Northern Canada → language → Inuktitut ⓘ
Nunatsiavut → officialLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuttitut
Kalaallisut → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuktun → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
Churchill → language → Inuktitut ⓘ
Nunavik → officialLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Chipewyan → neighboringLanguages → Inuktitut ⓘ
Mary Simon → languageSpoken → Inuktitut ⓘ
Premier of Nunavut → languageUsed → Inuktitut ⓘ
Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut → officialLanguageFocus → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktut
Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut → emblemLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktut
Labrador Inuttitut → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nunavik Inuktitut
Labrador Inuttitut → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nunavut Inuktitut
Aivilimmiutut → partOf → Inuktitut ⓘ
Aivilimmiutut → endonymLanguage → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuinnaqtun → macrolanguageOf → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktut
Inuinnaqtun → closelyRelatedTo → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuit languages → hasPart → Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuit languages → hasAlternativeName → Inuktitut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inuktut (in some Canadian contexts)