Inupiaq

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Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language
Indigenous language
Inuit language
closelyRelatedTo Greenlandic
Inuinnaqtun
Inuktitut
Yupik languages
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Inupiat
glottocode inup1239
hasDialects Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Alaskan Inupiaq

Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northwest Alaskan Inupiaq

Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Seward Peninsula Inupiaq
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
polysynthesis
rich case system
verb-final word order tendency
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Russian
hasOfficialStatusIn North Slope Borough
surface form: North Slope Borough, Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough
surface form: Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
vowel length contrast
hasStandardizationEffort Inupiaq orthography reforms in 20th century
ISO639-2Code ipk
ISO639-3Code ipk
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
partOf Inuit–Yupik–Unangan language group
preservationEffortsBy Alaska Native language programs
Inupiat community organizations
region Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Bering Strait
surface form: Bering Strait region

North Slope Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough
spokenBy Inuit
surface form: Inupiat people
spokenIn Alaska
Arctic region
surface form: Arctic Canada

Canada
Alaska
surface form: northern Alaska

northwestern Alaska
subclassOf Eskimo–Aleut languages
Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
surface form: Inuit languages
taughtAt University of Alaska Fairbanks
taughtIn some Alaska public schools
usedFor cultural ceremonies
daily communication in some Inupiat communities
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (40)

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Alaska indigenousPeoples Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Inupiaq subclassOf Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Inuit languages
Inupiaq ethnicGroup Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Inupiaq hasDialects Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Alaskan Inupiaq
Inupiaq hasDialects Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Northwest Alaskan Inupiaq
Inupiaq hasDialects Inupiaq self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Seward Peninsula Inupiaq
Native Americans hasSubgroup Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Inupiat
North Slope Borough recognizedLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Northwest Arctic Borough hasRecognizedLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Kalaallisut closelyRelatedTo Inupiaq
Alaska Natives includesLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq language
Diomede Islands mainLanguage Inupiaq
subject surface form: Little Diomede
Wainwright hasLocalLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Deering majorityLanguage Inupiaq
subject surface form: Deering, Alaska
Point Hope language Inupiaq
Anaktuvuk Pass primaryLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Kaktovik language Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Atqasuk primaryLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Utqiaġvik officialLanguageLocal Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Nuiqsut primaryLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Kivalina indigenousNameLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Selawik hasIndigenousLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Kobuk hasLanguage Inupiaq
Kotzebue hasLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Shungnak hasTraditionalLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Buckland indigenousLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Nanooks nameLanguageOrigin Inupiaq
Alaska Native Language Center languageFamilyCovered Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Inupiaq language
Kotzebue, Alaska traditionalLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Barrow, Alaska indigenousLanguage Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq
Siglitun hasLexicalSimilarityWith Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Alaskan Iñupiaq
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Inupiaq
Native Village of Diomede (tribal government) languageCommunity Inupiaq
this entity surface form: Iñupiaq