Inuvialuktun

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Inuvialuktun is a group of Inuit dialects spoken by the Inuvialuit people of Canada’s western Arctic, primarily in the Northwest Territories.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Inuvialuktun canonical 20
Inuinnaqtun 2
Kangiryuarmiutun 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language of North America
Inuit language variety
group of dialects
closelyRelatedTo Inuinnaqtun
Inuktitut
country Canada
culturalAssociation Arctic hunting traditions
Inuvialuit culture
endangeredStatus threatened
glottocode inuv1236
hasAlternativeName Inuvialuit language
hasDialect Kangiryuarmiutun
linked to: Inuvialuktun

Siglitun
Uummarmiutun
hasMorphologicalType polysynthetic
hasOfficialSupportFrom Government of the Northwest Territories
hasPhonologicalFeature long and short vowels
uvular consonants
hasRevitalizationEfforts community language classes
language education programs
hasSpeakerCommunity Aklavik
Inuvik
Paulatuk
Sachs Harbour
Tuktoyaktuk
Ulukhaktok
hasWordOrder flexible word order
ISO639-3 ikt
languageBranch Inuit
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut
lexifier Proto-Inuit
partOf Eskimo–Aleut language family
Inuit languages
recognizedIn Northwest Territories
region Inuvialuit Settlement Region
spokenBy Inuvialuit people
linked to: Inuit
spokenIn Canada
Northwest Territories
western Arctic
status Indigenous language
taughtIn some schools in the Northwest Territories
usedFor cultural practices
daily communication
traditional stories
usedIn community events
local radio broadcasting
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Gwich’in hasNeighboringLanguages Inuvialuktun
Inuit speaks Inuinnaqtun
linked to: Inuvialuktun
Inuit speaks Inuvialuktun
Northwest Territories officialLanguage Inuinnaqtun
linked to: Inuvialuktun
Inuktitut hasDialects Kivallirmiutut
linked to: Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuktun hasDialect Kangiryuarmiutun
linked to: Inuvialuktun
Inuit languages hasPart Inuvialuktun
Inuit Nunangat hasOfficialLanguage Inuvialuktun
Paulatuk primaryIndigenousLanguage Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuit Game Council language Inuvialuktun
Tuktoyaktuk localLanguage Inuvialuktun
Ulukhaktok localLanguage Inuvialuktun
Aklavik hasIndigenousLanguage Inuvialuktun
Sachs Harbour traditionalLanguage Inuvialuktun
Siglitun subclassOf Inuvialuktun
Siglitun closelyRelatedTo Kangiryuarmiutun
linked to: Inuvialuktun
Siglitun hasAlternativeName Siglitun Inuvialuktun
linked to: Inuvialuktun
Inuvik hasIndigenousLanguage Inuvialuktun
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuit language alsoKnownAs Inuvialuktun