Inuinnaqtun
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| Inuinnaqtun Inuktitut, Kangiryuarmiutun |
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| Spoken in: | Canada (Nunavut and Northwest Territories) | |
| Total speakers: | approximately 2,000 | |
| Language family: | Inuit | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | Nunavut and Northwest Territories (Canada) | |
| Regulated by: | Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | iu | |
| ISO 639-2: | iku | |
| ISO 639-3: | ikt | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Inuinnaqtun is an indigenous language of Canada. It is related very closely to Inuktitut, and many people believe that Inuinnaqtun is only a dialect of Inuktitut. The governments of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut recognise Inuinnaqtun as an official language in addition to Inuktitut. [1]
Inuinnaqtun is used primarily in the communities of Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk in the western Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. To a smaller extent it is also spoken in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. Outside of Nunavut it is spoken in the hamlet of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, where it is called Kangiryuarmiutun. It is written using the Latin alphabet.
[edit] References
- ^ Northwest Territories Official Languages Act, 1988 (as amended 1988, 1991-1992, 2003)
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