Inuktitut

Name of several Inuit languages spoken in Canada InuktitutEastern Canadian Inuktitutᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, inuktitutNative toCanadaRegionNorthwest Territories, Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador), Nunavik (Quebec), NunavutSpeakersL1: 38,000 (2021 census)L1 + L2: 42,000 (2021 census)Language familyEskaleut EskimoInuit (Inuktut)InuktitutEarly formsProto-Eskimo–Aleut Proto-Eskimo Proto-Inuit Dialects Qikiqtaaluk uannangani (North Baffin) Qikiqtaaluk nigiani (South Baffin) Nunavimmiutitut (Quebec) Inuttitut (Labrador) Inuktun (Thule) Writing systemInuktitut syllabics, Inuktitut Braille, LatinOfficial statusOfficial language inNunavutNorthwest TerritoriesRecognised minoritylanguage inQuebec (Nunavik)Newfoundland and Labrador (Nunatsiavut)Yukon (Inuvialuit Settlement Region)Regulated byInuit Tapiriit Kanatami and various other local institutions.Language codesISO 639-1iu InuktitutISO 639-2iku InuktitutISO 639-3iku – inclusive code InuktitutIndividual codes:ike – Eastern Canadian Inuktitutikt – InuinnaqtunGlottologeast2534 Eastern Canadian InuktitutELPInuktitutLinguasphere60-ABBDistribution of Inuit languages across the Arctic. East Inuktitut dialects are those coloured dark blue