Social:Inuktut
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]
Usage
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]
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Inuktut". Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. https://www.itk.ca/projects/inuktut/.
- ↑ "Inuktut becomes 1st Indigenous language spoken in Canada to be on Google Translate". Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. https://www.itk.ca/inuktut-becomes-first-indigenous-language-in-canada-to-be-on-google-translate/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fun Facts". Inuit Circumpolar Council. 11 August 2022. https://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/icc-kids/fun-facts/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Information". Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut. https://langcom.nu.ca/en.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Your Linguistic Rights". Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut. https://langcom.nu.ca/investigation-process/your-linguistic-rights.
- ↑ "How to Comply with the Inuit Language Protection Act for the Private Sector, Federal Institutions and Municipalities". Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut. p. 1. http://langcom.nu.ca/sites/langcom.nu.ca/files/InuitLanguagePlanGuidelinesEN.pdf. "...refers to Inuinnaqtun for Kugluktuk or Cambridge Bay and Inuktitut for the other municipalities."
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