Inuktut

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Person Inuk ᐃᓄᒃ
Dual: Inuuk ᐃᓅᒃ
People Inuit ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
LanguageInuktut ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ
Country Inuit Nunaat
Map showing some of the dialects of Inuktut Inuktitut dialect map.svg
Map showing some of the dialects of Inuktut

Inuktut is the collective name for the Inuit languages. [1]

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It is used by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Government of Nunavut throughout Inuit Nunaat and Inuit Nunangat. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Usage

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) says "Inuktut is the language of Inuit spoken across Inuit Nunangat." [1] According to ITK, it encompasses Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, and Inuttut. [1]

The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) indicates that in Canada Inuktut includes Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, and Inuktitut. [3]

The Government of Nunavut says that Inuktut encompasses the Inuit languages of Nunavut. The term is often used specifically to refer to the Inuit languages of Nunavut: [4] [5] Inuinnaqtun, spoken in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, and Inuktitut, spoken in the other communities in Nunavut. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Inuktut". www.itk.ca. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Inuktut becomes 1st Indigenous language spoken in Canada to be on Google Translate". www.itk.ca. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Fun Facts". www.inuitcircumpolar.com. Inuit Circumpolar Council. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Information". www.langcom.nu.ca. Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut.
  5. 1 2 "Your Linguistic Rights". www.langcom.nu.ca. Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "How to Comply with the Inuit Language Protection Act for the Private Sector, Federal Institutions and Municipalities" (PDF). www.langcom.nu.ca. Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut. p. 1. Retrieved 17 June 2024. ...refers to Inuinnaqtun for Kugluktuk or Cambridge Bay and Inuktitut for the other municipalities.
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