Person |
Inuk ᐃᓄᒃ Dual: Inuuk ᐃᓅᒃ |
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People | Inuit ᐃᓄᐃᑦ |
Language | Inuktut ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ |
Country | Inuit Nunaat |
Inuktut is the collective name for the Inuit languages. [1]
It is used by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Government of Nunavut throughout Inuit Nunaat and Inuit Nunangat. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) says "Inuktut is the language of Inuit, spoken across Inuit Nunaat, which includes Greenland, Alaska and Inuit Nunangat in Northern Canada". [1] In Canada, according to ITK, it encompasses Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, and Inuttut. [1]
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) indicates that in Canada Inuktut includes Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, and Inuktitut. [3]
The Government of Nunavut says that Inuktut encompasses the Inuit languages of Nunavut. The term is often used specifically to refer to the Inuit languages of Nunavut: [4] [5] Inuinnaqtun, spoken in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, and Inuktitut, spoken in the other communities in Nunavut. [6]
...refers to Inuinnaqtun for Kugluktuk or Cambridge Bay and Inuktitut for the other municipalities.