Iñupiaq

Also known as Inupiat language, Iñupiaq language, Inupiat, Iñupiat, Iñupiatun, Alaskan Inuit, Inupiaq

group of dialects of the Inuit language

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Iñupiaq is a group of related dialects that make up part of the Inuit language family, primarily spoken in northern Alaska. It matters because it represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of Inuit peoples in that region.

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Wikimedia language code: ik
native label: Iñupiatun
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5580
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/IPK
Commons category: Iñupiaq language
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Iñupiaq or Inupiaq (/ɪ.ˈnuː.pi.æk/ ih-NOO-pee-ak, Inupiaq: [iɲupiaq]), also known as Iñupiat, Inupiat (/ɪ.ˈnuː.pi.æt/ ih-NOO-pee-at), Iñupiatun or Alaskan Inuit, is an Inuit language, or perhaps group of languages, spoken by the Iñupiat people in northern and northwestern Alaska, as well as a small adjacent part of the Northwest Territories of Canada. The Iñupiat language is a member of the Inuit–Yupik–Unangan language family, and is closely related and, to varying degrees, mutually intelligible with other Inuit languages of Canada and Greenland. There are roughly 2,000 speakers. Iñupiaq is considered to be a threatened language, with most speakers at or above the age of 40. Iñupiaq is an official language of the State of Alaska, along with several other indigenous languages.

The major varieties of the Iñupiaq language are the North Slope Iñupiaq and Seward Peninsula Iñupiaq dialects.