Inupiaq

E2449

Eskimo–Aleut language Indigenous language Inuit language

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eskimo–Aleut language → Indigenous language → Inuit language →
closelyRelatedTo	Greenlandic → Inuinnaqtun → Inuktitut → Yupik languages →
country	Canada → United States →
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered →
ethnicGroup	Inupiat →
glottocode	inup1239 →
hasDialects	North Alaskan Inupiaq → Northwest Alaskan Inupiaq → Seward Peninsula Inupiaq →
hasGrammaticalFeature	ergative–absolutive alignment → polysynthesis → rich case system → verb-final word order tendency →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English → Russian →
hasOfficialStatusIn	North Slope Borough, Alaska → 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 →
partOf	Inuit–Yupik–Unangan language group →
preservationEffortsBy	Alaska Native language programs → Inupiat community organizations →
region	Arctic → Bering Strait region → North Slope Borough → Northwest Arctic Borough →
spokenBy	Inupiat people →
spokenIn	Alaska → Arctic Canada → Canada → northern Alaska → northwestern Alaska →
subclassOf	Eskimo–Aleut languages → 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inupiaq ("North Alaskan Inupiaq") → Inupiaq ("Northwest Alaskan Inupiaq") → Inupiaq ("Seward Peninsula Inupiaq") →	hasDialects
Kalaallisut →	closelyRelatedTo
Inupiaq ("Inupiat") →	ethnicGroup
Wainwright ("Iñupiaq") →	hasLocalLanguage
Northwest Arctic Borough ("Iñupiaq") →	hasRecognizedLanguage
Native Americans ("Inupiat") →	hasSubgroup
Alaska Natives ("Iñupiaq language") →	includesLanguage
Alaska ("Inupiat") →	indigenousPeoples
Little Diomede Island →	language
Little Diomede →	mainLanguage
Alaska →	recognizedIndigenousLanguages
North Slope Borough ("Iñupiaq") →	recognizedLanguage
Inupiaq ("Inuit languages") →	subclassOf