Inuvialuktun
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Inuvialuktun (part of Western Canadian Inuit/Inuktitut/Inuktut/Inuktun) comprises several Inuit language varieties spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by Canadian Inuit who call themselves Inuvialuit.[4] Some dialects and sub-dialects are also spoken in Nunavut.[3][6]
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Inuvialuktun | |
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Native to | Canada |
Region | Northwest Territories, Nunavut |
Ethnicity | 3,110 Inuvialuit |
Native speakers | 680, 22% of ethnic population (2016 census)[1][2] |
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Dialects | |
Latin script, Syllabics[3] | |
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Official language in | Northwest Territories,[5] Nunavut[6] |
Regulated by | Inuvialuit Cultural Centre[7] and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | iu |
ISO 639-2 | iku Inuktitut |
ISO 639-3 | ikt Inuinnaqtun, Western Canadian Inuktitut |
Glottolog | west2618 Western Canadian Inuktitut |
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Quick Facts Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ "person" / "land", Person ...
Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ "person" / "land" | |
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Person | Inuvialuk |
People | Inuvialuit |
Language | Inuvialuktun; Ujjiqsuuraq |
Country | Inuvialuit Nunangit, Inuit Nunangat ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ |
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