Eskimo-Aleut · ISO 639-3 iku · iu
Inuktitut Language ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
Inuktitut is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken by about 45,000 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin and UCAS scripts.
Where Inuktitut is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Inuktitut
Language family
- Eskimo-Aleut
- Eskimo
- Inuit
- Inuktitut
Writing system
Latin and UCAS scripts
Related languages
About the Inuktitut language
Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) is spoken by about 45,000 people. It belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut language family and, more precisely, to the Inuit group within the Inuit branch.
Where is Inuktitut spoken?
Inuktitut is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Canada (42,674).
Inuktitut is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Canada.
Writing system and status
Inuktitut is written in the Latin and UCAS scripts.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Kalaallisut.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 iu, ISO 639-3 iku.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.