Inuktitut
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| Inuktitut | ||||
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| ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, Inuktitut, Inuttitut, Inuktitun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuttut, and other local names | ||||
| Native to | Canada (Nunavut, Quebec (Nunavik), Northwest Territories, Newfoundland and Labrador (Nunatsiavut)) | |||
| Native speakers | 14,000 (1991) 36,000 together with Inuvialuk (2006)[1] |
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| Language family |
Eskimo–Aleut
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| Writing system | Inuktitut syllabics, Latin | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in | Nunavut, Nunavik, Northwest Territories, Nunatsiavut (Canada) | |||
| Regulated by | Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and various other local institutions. | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | iu | |||
| ISO 639-2 | iku | |||
| ISO 639-3 | ike | |||
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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.
The Inuktitut syllabary uses a small part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, a set of letters made up for writing down many of the languages of the First Nations people in Canada.
Some words in English come from Inuktitut or another Inuit language. Among them are the words anorak, igloo, and kayak.
References [change]
- ↑ Various Languages Spoken (147), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2006 Census – 20% Sample Data and Selected Language Characteristics (165), Aboriginal Identity (8), Age Groups (7), Sex (3) and Area of Residence (6) for the Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census – 20% Sample Data (Total – Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal identity population
