Inuktitut | ||||
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Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | ||||
Native to | Canada, United States | |||
Region | Northwest Territories, Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador), Nunavik (Quebec), Nunavut, Alaska | |||
Native speakers | 39,475 (2016 census) 36,000 together with Inuvialuktun (2006) | |||
Language family | ||||
Dialects | Qikiqtaaluk nigiani (South Baffin) Nunavimmiutitut (Quebec) Inuttitut (Labrador) Inuktun (Thule) | |||
Writing system | Inuktitut syllabics, Inuktitut Braille, Latin | |||
Official status | ||||
Official language in | Nunavut Northwest Territories | |||
Recognised minority language in | Quebec (Nunavik) Newfoundland and Labrador (Nunatsiavut) Yukon (Inuvialuit Settlement Region) | |||
Regulated by | Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and various other local institutions. | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-1 | iu | |||
ISO 639-2 | iku | |||
ISO 639-3 | iku – inclusive code Inuktitut Individual codes: ike – Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ikt – Inuinnaqtun | |||
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Inuktitut is a language of the Arctic, spoken by Inuits in Canada and in Greenland. Inuktitut is a very complex language. It is an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
The Inuit write Inuktitut in two ways. One way to write Inuktitut is by using the Roman alphabet. The other way to write Inuktitut is by using an abugida, which is a kind of alphabet which has letters based on syllables.