Inuktun
E79533
Inuktun is a dialect of the Inuit language spoken by the Inughuit people of northwestern Greenland.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eskimo–Aleut language variety
ⓘ
Inuit language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Inuinnaqtun
ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ Kalaallisut ⓘ |
| country | Greenland ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Avanersuarmiutut
ⓘ
Kalaallisut ⓘ
surface form:
North Greenlandic
Inuit ⓘ
surface form:
Polar Eskimo
|
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Inuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenlandic Inuit culture
Inughuit traditional lifestyle ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
Arctic environment
ⓘ
Arctic hunting culture ⓘ sea ice terminology ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Inuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Inughuit
|
| hasLinguisticArea |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
High Arctic
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
extensive suffixation
ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | three-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunitySize | small population ⓘ |
| hasStatus | minority language in Greenland ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Kalaallisut ⓘ |
| isSpokenNear |
Qaanaaq
ⓘ
Thule Air Base ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Inuit languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ |
| region | Thule area ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Inuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Inughuit people
|
| spokenIn |
Avanersuaq region
ⓘ
northwestern Greenland ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Inuit languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Inuit language
|
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Danish
ⓘ
language shift to Kalaallisut ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |