Inuinnaqtun

E99108

Eskimo–Aleut language Indigenous language of North America Inuit language

Inuinnaqtun is an Inuit language spoken in parts of the Canadian Arctic, particularly in western Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Inuinnaqtun canonical	18
Inuinnaq	1
Uqsuqtuuq	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eskimo–Aleut language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ Inuit language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Inuktitut ⓘ
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Inuinnaqtun-speaking Inuit ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Inuinnaqtun ⓘ surface form: Inuinnaq Western Canadian Inuit language variety ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ postbases for derivation and inflection ⓘ rich system of verbal inflection ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative ⓘ polysynthetic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant length contrast ⓘ long and short vowels ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	iku ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	ikt ⓘ
languageBranch	Inuit ⓘ
languageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
languagePolicyContext	Official Languages Act of Nunavut ⓘ surface form: Inuit Language Protection Act (Nunavut)
macrolanguageOf	Inuktitut ⓘ surface form: Inuktut
minorityLanguageIn	Canada ⓘ
officialStatusIn	Northwest Territories ⓘ Nunavut ⓘ
partOf	Inuit cultural heritage ⓘ
recognizedAs	official language of Nunavut ⓘ official language of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
region	Northern Canada ⓘ surface form: Canadian Arctic
revitalizationEfforts	bilingual education initiatives ⓘ community-based language programs ⓘ
spokenIn	Cambridge Bay ⓘ Canada ⓘ Kitikmeot Region ⓘ Kugluktuk ⓘ Northwest Territories ⓘ Nunavut ⓘ Ulukhaktok ⓘ Kitikmeot Region ⓘ surface form: western Nunavut
standardizationStatus	partially standardized orthography ⓘ
subclassOf	Inuit languages ⓘ surface form: Inuit language
usedBy	Inuit communities of the Northwest Territories ⓘ Inuit communities of western Nunavut ⓘ
usedFor	education in some Nunavut schools ⓘ local government communication ⓘ
usedInMedia	community publications ⓘ local radio programming ⓘ
usesSyllabics	no ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Nunavut → officialLanguage → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Kalaallisut → closelyRelatedTo → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Inuktun → closelyRelatedTo → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Inuvialuktun → closelyRelatedTo → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → languageUsed → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Premier of Nunavut → languageUsed → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut → officialLanguageFocus → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Inuinnaqtun → hasAlternativeName → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inuinnaq

Kitikmeot Region → officialLanguage → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Inuit languages → hasPart → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Inuit Nunangat → hasOfficialLanguage → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Nord-du-Québec → hasIndigenousLanguage → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Nunavut (local official status in some communities) → officialLanguageStatusInSomeCommunities → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

subject surface form: Nunavut

Nunavut (local official status in some communities) → hasOfficialLanguages → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

subject surface form: Nunavut

Nunavut (local official status in some communities) → hasLocalOfficialStatusInSomeCommunities → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

subject surface form: Nunavut

Nunavut (local official status in some communities) → hasMultilingualPublicServices → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

subject surface form: Nunavut

Government of the Northwest Territories → supportsLanguage → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Proto-Inuit → hasDescendant → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

Gjøa Haven → hasIndigenousName → Inuinnaqtun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uqsuqtuuq