Inuit languages

E147137

Inuit languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken by Inuit peoples across the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areImportantFor cultural identity of Inuit communities ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleWith neighboring Inuit dialects to varying degrees ⓘ
areSubjectOf Arctic linguistic research ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Yupik languages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Inuit peoples ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
feature complex verb morphology ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment (in many varieties) ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
productive derivational morphology ⓘ
rich inflectional systems ⓘ
glottologCode inui1246 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Inuit-Inupiaq languages ⓘ
Inuktut (in some Canadian contexts) ⓘ
linked to: Inuktitut
hasDialects multiple regional dialects ⓘ
hasPart Greenlandic language ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut

Inuinnaqtun ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
Inuktun ⓘ
Inuvialuktun ⓘ
Kalaallisut ⓘ
Yupik–Inuit transitional varieties ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom Proto-Eskimo ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Inuit
ISO639FamilyCode esx ⓘ
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut ⓘ
partOf Eskimo–Aleut language family ⓘ
recognizedAs official language in Greenland (Kalaallisut) ⓘ
official language in Northwest Territories (certain varieties) ⓘ
official language in Nunavut ⓘ
region Arctic Ocean coasts ⓘ
Circumpolar North ⓘ
linked to: Far North
spokenBy Inuit ⓘ
spokenIn Alaska ⓘ
Arctic regions ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
status endangered in several regions ⓘ
subclassOf Eskimo languages ⓘ
subjectOf language revitalization efforts ⓘ
usedFor local media and broadcasting in some regions ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
traditional knowledge transmission ⓘ
usedIn education in some Inuit communities ⓘ
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Eskimo–Aleut languages → hasSubfamily → Inuit languages ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Inuktut (umbrella term for Inuit languages in Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Inuktun → subclassOf → Inuit language ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Inuktun → languageBranch → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuvialuktun → partOf → Inuit languages ⓘ
Labrador Inuttitut → subdivisionOf → Inuit language ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Aivilimmiutut → languageBranch → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuinnaqtun → subclassOf → Inuit language ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Kitikmeot Region → hasIndigenousGroup → Inuinnaqtun-speaking Inuit ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Cup’ig dialect → belongsToGroup → Alaskan Native languages ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Siglitun → partOf → Inuit language ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Siglitun → languageBranch → Inuit languages ⓘ
Proto-Inuit → followedBy → Inuit languages ⓘ
Inuvialuit language → subfamily → Inuit languages ⓘ
Sirenik → hasRelationTo → Inuit languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Sirenik (extinct language)
Inuit organizations → usesLanguage → Inuktut ⓘ
linked to: Inuit languages
Gulf Yupik language → relatedTo → Inuit languages ⓘ