Also Known As:
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, Inuit
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
Recent Resources
Language, Culture, and Arts
A podcast sharing stories from CBC North’s vast Inuktitut language archives by replaying them for the descendants of the original storytellers, some of whom are hearing them for the very first time.
Language, Culture, and Arts
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language in Society
Language Documentation, Research, and Archiving
Inhabit Media Inc.
This web page contains various links to Inuktitut resources.
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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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.