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Inuktitut became one of the official languages in the Northwest Territories in 1984. Its status is secured in the Northwest Territories Official Language Act. With the split of the territory into the NWT and Nunavut in 1999, both territories kept the Language Act. [5]
The Inuit languages are official in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (the dominant language in the latter); have a high level of official support in Nunavik, a semi-autonomous portion of Quebec; and are still spoken in some parts of Labrador.
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]
At the time of the census, only English and French were counted as official languages. Figures shown are for single-language responses and the percentage of total single-language responses. [66] In the 2016 census it was reported that 2,045 people (5.8%) living in Nunavut had no knowledge of either official language of Canada (English or French ...
In Nunavut, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun, known collectively as Inuktut, are official languages alongside the national languages of English and French, and Inuktitut is a common vehicular language in territorial government.
The government of Nunavut recognises Inuinnaqtun as an official language in addition to Inuktitut, and together sometimes referred to as Inuktut. [2] [5] It is spoken in the Northwest Territories as well and is recognised as an official language of the territory in addition to Inuvialuktun and Inuktitut. [3]
Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut constitute three of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories. [5] Inuinnaqtun is also official alongside Inuktitut in Nunavut. [10] The Inuvialuktun dialects are seriously endangered, [11] as English has in recent years become the common language of the community. Surveys of Inuktitut ...
Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.