Inuktitut

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Inuktitut is an Inuit language spoken primarily in northern Canada, especially in Nunavut and parts of Quebec, and is one of the territory’s official languages.

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instanceOf Inuit language
agglutinative language
natural language
polysynthetic language
subject–object–verb language
etymology from Inuit word meaning “like an Inuk” or “in the manner of an Inuk”
hasAutonym Inuktitut
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
linked to: Inuktitut
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment
hasDialects Aivilimmiutut
Kivallirmiutut
linked to: Inuvialuktun

Labrador Inuttitut
Nunavik Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut

Nunavut Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut

Qikiqtaaluk nigiani
hasGrammaticalNumber dual
plural
singular
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive use of suffixes
incorporation of nouns into verbs
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between short and long vowels
limited consonant inventory
hasRegulator Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit
linked to: Inatsisartut

Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut
hasWritingSystem Inuktitut syllabics
Latin alphabet
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable
ISO639-1Code iu
ISO639-2Code iku
ISO639-3Code iku
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
officialLanguageOf Northwest Territories
Nunavut
spokenBy Inuit
spokenIn Canada
Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nunavik
Nunavut
Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
subfamily Inuit languages
usedIn education in Nunavut
local government in Nunavut
media in northern Canada
usesScript Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Latin script
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemIntroduced Inuktitut syllabics in the 19th century

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Inupiaq closelyRelatedTo Inuktitut
Labrador hasIndigenousLanguage Inuktitut
Inuit speaks Inuktitut
Nunavut officialLanguage Inuktitut
Inuktitut hasDialects Nunavut Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut
Inuktitut hasDialects Nunavik Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut
Inuktitut hasAutonym ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
linked to: Inuktitut
Inuktitut hasAutonym Inuktitut
Nain hasOfficialLanguage Inuttitut
linked to: Inuktitut
World War I poetry hasLanguage Inuktitut
Cape Dorset primaryLanguage Inuktitut
Iqaluit officialLanguage Inuktitut
Iqaluit nameLanguage Inuktitut
Kangiqsujuaq officialLanguage Inuktitut
Northern Canada language Inuktitut
Nunatsiavut officialLanguage Inuttitut
linked to: Inuktitut
Kalaallisut closelyRelatedTo Inuktitut
Inuktun closelyRelatedTo Inuktitut
Inuvialuktun closelyRelatedTo Inuktitut
Churchill language Inuktitut
Nunavik officialLanguage Inuktitut
Chipewyan neighboringLanguages Inuktitut
Mary Simon languageSpoken Inuktitut
Premier of Nunavut languageUsed Inuktitut
Labrador Inuttitut closelyRelatedTo Nunavik Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut
Labrador Inuttitut closelyRelatedTo Nunavut Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut
Aivilimmiutut partOf Inuktitut
Aivilimmiutut endonymLanguage Inuktitut
Inuinnaqtun macrolanguageOf Inuktut
linked to: Inuktitut
Inuinnaqtun closelyRelatedTo Inuktitut
Inuit languages hasPart Inuktitut
Inuit languages hasAlternativeName Inuktut (in some Canadian contexts)
linked to: Inuktitut