Inuktitut

Also known as iu, Inuktut

Inuktitut ( ; , syllabics ), also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree line, including parts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, to some extent in northeastern Manitoba as well as the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It is one of the aboriginal languages written with Canadian Aboriginal syllabics.

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Inuktitut, also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the main Inuit languages spoken across Canada's northern regions, including parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. It is notable as one of the aboriginal languages that uses Canadian Aboriginal syllabics as its writing system.

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Language.name: Inuktitut
Language.altname: Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
Language.nativename: ,
Language.map: Inuktitut dialect map.svg
Language.mapcaption: Distribution of Inuit languages across the Arctic. East Inuktitut dialects are those coloured dark blue (on the south of Baffin Island), red, pink, and brown.
Language.states: Canada
Language.region: Northwest Territories, Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador), Nunavik (Quebec), Nunavut
Language.speakers: L1:
Language.date: 2021 census
Language.speakers2: L1 + L2: (2021 census)
Language.speakers_label: Speakers
Language.refname: 2021 census
Language.familycolor: Eskimo–Aleut
Language.fam2: Eskimo
Language.fam3: Inuit (Inuktut)
Language.ancestor: Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
Language.ancestor2: Proto-Eskimo
Language.ancestor3: Proto-Inuit

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Commons category: Inuit languages
Wikimedia language code: iu
native label: Inuktitut
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 39770
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/IKU
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Contents

History
Inuktitut in the Canadian school system
Legislation
Languages and dialects
Nunavut
Nunavik
Labrador
Greenland
Inuit Nunaat and Inuit Nunangat
Phonology
Grammar
Writing
Latin alphabets
''Qaliujaaqpait''
The Canadian syllabary (''Qaniujaaqpait'')
Braille
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links
Dictionaries and lexica
Webpages
Utilities

It is recognized as an official language in Nunavut alongside Inuinnaqtun and both languages are known collectively as Inuktut. Further, it is recognized as one of eight official native tongues in the Northwest Territories. It also has legal recognition in Nunavik—a part of Quebec—thanks in part to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and is recognized in the Charter of the French Language as the official language of instruction for Inuit school districts there. It also has some recognition in Nunatsiavut—the Inuit area in Labrador—following the ratification of its agreement with the government of Canada and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The 2016 Canadian census reports that 70,540 individuals identify themselves as Inuit, of whom 37,570 self-reported Inuktitut as their mother tongue.