Labrador Inuttitut

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Labrador Inuttitut is a regional variety of the Inuit language traditionally spoken by Inuit communities along the coast of Labrador in Canada.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Labrador Inuttut 2
Labrador Inuktitut 1
Labrador Inuttitut canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language variety of Canada
Inuit language variety
regional dialect
associatedWith Labrador Inuit land claims region
Nunatsiavut
closelyRelatedTo Nunavik Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut

Nunavut Inuktitut
linked to: Inuktitut
country Canada
ethnicGroup Labrador Inuit
linked to: NunatuKavut Inuit
hasAlternativeName Inuttut
Labrador Inuktitut
linked to: Labrador Inuttitut

Labrador Inuttut
linked to: Labrador Inuttitut
hasCommunityOrganizationSupport Torngâsok Cultural Centre
hasDistinctFeature distinct orthographic conventions compared to other Canadian Inuktitut dialects
lexical differences from other Inuktitut varieties
hasDomain cultural and ceremonial contexts among Labrador Inuit
hasInfluenceFrom English
German Moravian missionary orthographic traditions
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort Nunatsiavut language programs
school-based immersion initiatives in Labrador Inuit communities
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
polysynthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature three-vowel system
hasStandardizationEffort development of standardized Labrador Inuttitut orthography
hasWordOrder subject–object–verb dominant
historicallyDocumentedBy Moravian missionaries in Labrador
isSubjectOf linguistic documentation projects in Labrador
isTaughtIn some schools in Nunatsiavut
languageBranch Inuit
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut
partOf Eskimo–Aleut language family
region Central coast of Labrador
North coast of Labrador
South coast of Labrador
spokenIn Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
status endangered language variety
subdivisionOf Inuit language
linked to: Inuit languages

Inuktitut
traditionalSpeakers Inuit communities along the coast of Labrador
usedAs language of daily communication in some Labrador Inuit communities
usedBy Nunatsiavut Government
linked to: Nunatsiavut
usedIn community education programs in Labrador
local media in Nunatsiavut
writingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (4)

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

Inuktitut hasDialects Labrador Inuttitut
Labrador Inuttitut hasAlternativeName Labrador Inuttut
linked to: Labrador Inuttitut
Labrador Inuttitut hasAlternativeName Labrador Inuktitut
linked to: Labrador Inuttitut
Proto-Inuit hasDescendant Labrador Inuttut
linked to: Labrador Inuttitut