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.

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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

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Ungava Bay languageOfToponym Inuktitut
Salluit officialLanguage Inuktitut
Kuujjuaq officialLanguage Inuktitut
Nunavut (local official status in some communities) hasOfficialLanguages Inuktitut
subject surface form: Nunavut
Makkovik languageSpoken Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Inuttitut
Rigolet officialLanguage Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Inuttitut
Inuit region of Labrador officialLanguage Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Inuttitut
Unangam Tunuu relatedTo Inuktitut
American Indian languages includeLanguage Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Inuktitut language
Siglitun hasLexicalSimilarityWith Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Central Canadian Inuktitut
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Inuktitut
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Nunavimmiutitut
Inuvialuit language relatedTo Inuktitut
Gjøa Haven hasOfficialLanguage Inuktitut
ICC languageUsed Inuktitut
subject surface form: Inuit Circumpolar Council
Tursujuq National Park language Inuktitut
Hopedale hasIndigenousLanguage Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Inuttitut
Grise Fiord officialLanguage Inuktitut
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami languageOfWork Inuktitut
this entity surface form: Inuktut
Pond Inlet hasPrimaryLanguage Inuktitut
Arctic Bay hasOfficialLanguage Inuktitut