Inuktitut
Also Known As:
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, Inuit, Eastern Arctic Eskimo, Eastern Canadian Eskimo
Dialects & Varieties
  • Arctic Quebec
  • Saglouc
  • Itivimmiut
  • Point Harrison
  • Great Whale River
  • Belcher Island
  • Wakeham Bay
  • Tarramiut
  • North Baffin
  • Iglulik
  • Grise Fiord
  • Pond Inlet
  • Clyde River
  • Arctic Bay
  • Resolute Bay
  • Repulse Bay
  • Rigolet
  • South Baffin
  • Cape Dorset
  • Frobisher Bay
  • Coral Harbour
  • Labrador
  • Chesterfield Inlet
  • Aivilik
Inuktitut

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Inhabit Media

Inhabit Media Inc.

Vulnerable
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 1

Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.

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Revitalization Programs

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Bibliography

Bibliography of Vitality:
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.
Bibliography of Context:
Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.