Inuktitut

E17515

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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Generate an image of Inuktitut (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.)

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
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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Referenced by (171)

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

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