Inuvialuktun

Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ
"person" / "land"
Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ; "person" / "land"
Person	Inuvialuk
People	Inuvialuit
Language	Inuvialuktun;; Ujjiqsuuraq
Country	Inuvialuit Nunangit,; Inuit Nunangat ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ

Inuvialuktun
Inuvialuktun
Native to	Canada
Region	Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Ethnicity	3,110 Inuvialuit
Native speakers	680, 22% of ethnic population (2016 census)
Language family	Eskaleut Eskaleut Inuit Inuvialuktun; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Eskaleut Proto-Eskimoan Proto-Inuit ; ;
Dialects	Siglitun (Sallirmiutun); Inuinnaqtun; Natsilingmiutut; Uummarmiutun; Kangiryuarmiutun;
Writing system	Latin script, Syllabics
Official status
Official language in	Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Regulated by	Inuvialuit Cultural Centre and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Language codes
ISO 639-1	iu
ISO 639-2	iku Inuktitut
ISO 639-3	ikt Inuinnaqtun, Western Canadian Inuktitut
Glottolog	west2618 Western Canadian Inuktitut

Inuvialuktun (part of Western Canadian Inuit/Inuktitut/Inuktut/Inuktun) comprises several Inuit language varieties spoken in the northern Northwest Territories by Canadian Inuit who call themselves Inuvialuit. Some dialects and sub-dialects are also spoken in Nunavut.

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