Inuvialuktun

Inuvialuktun
Native toCanada
RegionNorthwest Territories, Nunavut
Ethnicity3,110 Inuvialuit
Native speakers
680, 22% of ethnic population (2016 census)[1][2]
Early forms
Dialects
Latin script, Syllabics[3]
Official status
Official language in
Northwest Territories[5] Nunavut[6]
Regulated byInuvialuit Cultural Centre[7] and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Language codes
ISO 639-1iu
ISO 639-2iku Inuktitut
ISO 639-3ikt Inuinnaqtun, Western Canadian Inuktitut
Glottologwest2618  Western Canadian Inuktitut
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Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ
"person" / "land"
PersonInuvialuk
PeopleInuvialuit
LanguageInuvialuktun;
Ujjiqsuuraq
CountryInuvialuit Nunangit,
     Inuit Nunangat ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ

Inuvialuktun (part of Western Canadian Inuit / Inuktitut / Inuktut / Inuktun) comprises several Inuit language varieties spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by Canadian Inuit who call themselves Inuvialuit.[4] Some dialects and sub-dialects are also spoken in Nunavut.[3][6]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: Aboriginal Population Profile, 2016 Census, Inuvialuit region
  2. ^ Figures are for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region only
  3. ^ a b c d e Iñuvialuktun/Inuvialuktun/Inuinnaqtun / ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ
  4. ^ a b c d Inuvialuktun Dialects
  5. ^ Official Languages Act, RSNWT 1988, c. O-1, s. 4 in its 2003 version; PWNHC: Official Languages of the Northwest Territories
  6. ^ a b "Consolidation of (S.Nu. 2008, c.10) (NIF) Official Languages Act" (PDF). and "Consolidation of Inuit Language Protection Act" (PDF). Government of Nunavut. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Inuvialuit Cultural Centre: Inuvialuit Digital Library – Language Resources