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Inuktitut

proper noun

  1. the group of Inuit dialects spoken by the Inuit people chiefly of central and eastern arctic Canada
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adjective

  1. of or relating to the Inuktitut language
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʊktɪtʊt/

name

Etymology: Transliteration of Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inoktitot, “like the Inuit”).

  1. The language of the Inuit people.

    I can hear a swell of laughter and boisterous merriment in Inuktitut.

    In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.