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Inuktitut

Inuktitut

Summary

Inuktitut is spoken by approximately 38,000 people, primarily Inuit communities in Canada. Written in syllabics, an abugida derived from Cree, Inuktitut is central to Inuit cultural identity and is one of the official languages of Nunavut. Its agglutinative morphology enables the construction of descriptive and context-rich words, reflecting the Arctic environment and lifestyle.

Stats

  • Language Family: Inuit-Yupik-Unangan

  • Writing System: Inuktitut Syllabics

  • Writing System Type: Abugida

  • Writing Direction: L to R

  • Tones / Pitch Accent: None

  • Morphology: Agglutinative

  • Cases: 8

  • Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: None

  • Number of Verb Tenses: 7

  • Word Order: SOV

  • Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 6

  • Number of Consonants: 15

Areas Where Spoken

  • Canada (0.09%) (38 k)

Resources

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