Inupiaq

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Inupiaq is an Indigenous Inuit language spoken by the Inupiat people of northern and northwestern Alaska and parts of Arctic Canada.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language
Indigenous language
Inuit language
closelyRelatedTo Greenlandic
Inuinnaqtun
Inuktitut
Yupik languages
country Canada
United States
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Inupiat
linked to: Inupiaq
glottocode inup1239
hasDialects North Alaskan Inupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq

Northwest Alaskan Inupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq

Seward Peninsula Inupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
polysynthesis
rich case system
verb-final word order tendency
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Russian
hasOfficialStatusIn North Slope Borough, Alaska
linked to: North Slope Borough

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
vowel length contrast
hasStandardizationEffort Inupiaq orthography reforms in 20th century
ISO639-2Code ipk
ISO639-3Code ipk
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut
partOf Inuit–Yupik–Unangan language group
preservationEffortsBy Alaska Native language programs
Inupiat community organizations
region Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

Bering Strait region
linked to: Bering Strait

North Slope Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough
spokenBy Inupiat people
linked to: Inuit
spokenIn Alaska
Arctic Canada
linked to: Arctic region

Canada
northern Alaska
linked to: Alaska

northwestern Alaska
subclassOf Eskimo–Aleut languages
Inuit languages
linked to: Inupiaq
taughtAt University of Alaska Fairbanks
taughtIn some Alaska public schools
usedFor cultural ceremonies
daily communication in some Inupiat communities
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin script

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Alaska indigenousPeoples Inupiat
linked to: Inupiaq
Inupiaq subclassOf Inuit languages
linked to: Inupiaq
Inupiaq ethnicGroup Inupiat
linked to: Inupiaq
Inupiaq hasDialects North Alaskan Inupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Inupiaq hasDialects Northwest Alaskan Inupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Inupiaq hasDialects Seward Peninsula Inupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Native Americans hasSubgroup Inupiat
linked to: Inupiaq
North Slope Borough recognizedLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Northwest Arctic Borough hasRecognizedLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Kalaallisut closelyRelatedTo Inupiaq
Alaska Natives includesLanguage Iñupiaq language
linked to: Inupiaq
Little Diomede mainLanguage Inupiaq
subject linked to: Diomede Islands
Wainwright hasLocalLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Deering, Alaska majorityLanguage Inupiaq
subject linked to: Deering
Point Hope language Inupiaq
Anaktuvuk Pass primaryLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Kaktovik language Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Atqasuk primaryLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Utqiaġvik officialLanguageLocal Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Nuiqsut primaryLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Kivalina indigenousNameLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Selawik hasIndigenousLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Kobuk hasLanguage Inupiaq
Kotzebue hasLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Shungnak hasTraditionalLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Buckland indigenousLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Nanooks nameLanguageOrigin Inupiaq
Alaska Native Language Center languageFamilyCovered Inupiaq language
linked to: Inupiaq
Kotzebue, Alaska traditionalLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Barrow, Alaska indigenousLanguage Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Siglitun hasLexicalSimilarityWith Alaskan Iñupiaq
linked to: Inupiaq
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Inupiaq