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Greenland and Canada account for the bulk of Inuit speakers, although about 7,500 Alaskans speak some variety of an Inuit language out of a total population of over 13,000 Inuit. [3] An estimated 7,000 Greenlandic Inuit live in Denmark , the largest group outside of North America.
The Inuktitut syllabary used in Canada is based on the Cree syllabary devised by the missionary James Evans. [29] The present form of the syllabary for Canadian Inuktitut was adopted by the Inuit Cultural Institute in Canada in the 1970s. Inuit in Alaska, Inuvialuit, Inuinnaqtun speakers, and Inuit in Greenland and Labrador use Latin alphabets.
Inuktitut, the most widely spoken Inuit language in Canada, however, is an official, and one of two main languages, alongside English, of Nunavut and has its speakers throughout Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), Nunatsiavut (Labrador), and the Northwest Territories, where it is also an official language.
There are 14 indigenous language groups in Canada with about 100 distinct languages and dialects, including many sign languages. [63] Almost all indigenous languages in Canada are considered endangered, with the exception of Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, and the Cree varieties Naskapi, Atikamekw, East Cree, and Plains Cree. [64]
The Eskimoan languages are divided into two branches: the Yupik languages, spoken in western and southwestern Alaska and in Chukotka, and the Inuit languages, spoken in northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Inuit languages, which cover a huge range of territory, are divided into several varieties.
Canada (Nunavut and Northwest Territories) Native speakers. 1,310 (2016 census) [1] Language family. ... is an Inuit language. It is spoken in the central Canadian ...
Inuit dialects. Uummarmiut is the orange within Canada. Uummarmiutun ( Inupiaq: [uːm.mɑʁ.mi.u.tun] ), Uummaġmiutun or Canadian Iñupiaq is the variant of Iñupiaq (or Inuvialuktun ) spoken by the Uummarmiut , part of the Inuvialuit , who live mainly in the communities of Inuvik and Aklavik in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) says "Inuktut is the language of Inuit spoken across Inuit Nunangat." [1] 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]