Editing Inuinnaqtun (section)

{{Short description|Inuit language of Canada}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Inuinnaqtun
| nativename       = {{lang|ikt|ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ‎}}
| states           = Canada ([[Nunavut]] and [[Northwest Territories]])
| speakers         = 1,310
| date             = 2016 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/98-200-x/2016022/98-200-x2016022-eng.cfm|title=Census in Brief: The Aboriginal languages of First Nations people, Métis and Inuit|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|date=25 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Eskimo-Aleut
| fam2             = [[Eskimo languages|Eskimo]]
| fam3             = [[Inuit languages|Inuit]]
| fam4             = [[Inuvialuktun]]
| ancestor         = [[Proto-Eskaleut language|Proto-Eskimo–Aleut]]
| ancestor2        = [[Proto-Eskimoan language|Proto-Eskimo]]
| ancestor3        = [[Proto-Inuit language|Proto-Inuit]]
| nation           = [[Nunavut]]<ref name="OLA-NU" /><br/>[[Northwest Territories]]<ref name="OLA-NT" />
| agency           = [[Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami]]{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
| iso1             = iu
| iso2             = iku
| iso2comment      = [[Inuktitut]]
| iso3             = ikt
| iso3comment      = Inuinnaqtun, Western&nbsp;Canadian&nbsp;Inuktitut
| map              = Inuktitut dialect map.svg
| mapcaption       = Inuit dialects. Inuinnaqtun is olive green.
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Inuinnaqtun is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
| glotto           = copp1244
| glottorefname    = Inuinnaqtun
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|[inuinːɑqtun]}}
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|root=Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ<br><small>"person" / "land"</small>|person=Inuinnaq|people=[[Inuinnait]]|language='''Inuinnaqtun''';<br />[[Inuit Sign Language|Tikuraq ᑎᑯᕋᖅ]]|country=Inuinnait Nunangat,{{indent|5}}[[Inuit Nunangat|Inuit Nunangat ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ]]}}

'''Inuinnaqtun''' ({{langx|ikt|ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ‎|link=no|Inuinnaqtun}}, {{IPA|ikt|inuinːɑqtun}}; natively meaning 'like the real human beings/peoples') is an [[Inuit languages|Inuit language]]. It is spoken in the central  Canadian [[Arctic]]. It is related very closely to [[Inuktitut]], and some scholars, such as [[Richard Guy Condon|Richard Condon]], believe that Inuinnaqtun is more appropriately classified as a dialect of Inuktitut.<ref>{{cite book | last = Condon | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Guy Condon  |author2=Julia Ogina |author3=The Holman Elders | title = The Northern Copper Inuit | url = https://archive.org/details/northerncopperin0000cond | url-access = registration | access-date = 2011-02-09 | year = 1996 | publisher = University of Toronto Press/University of Oklahoma Press | isbn = 0-8020-0849-6 | page = xix | chapter = Foreword | quote = "...the majority of Holman residents speak the central Arctic dialect, Inuinnaqtun..."}}</ref> The government of [[Nunavut]] recognises Inuinnaqtun as an official language in addition to Inuktitut, and together sometimes referred to as [[Inuktut]].<ref name="OLA-NU">[https://www.canlii.org/en/nu/laws/stat/snu-2008-c-10/latest/snu-2008-c-10.html ''Official Languages Act'', S.Nu. 2008, c. 10], s. 3(1) with [https://www.canlii.org/en/nu/laws/stat/snu-2008-c-17/latest/snu-2008-c-17.html ''Inuit Language Protection Act'', S.Nu. 2008, c. 17], s. 1(2).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gov.nu.ca/culture-and-heritage/information/we-speak-inuktut|title=We Speak Inuktut|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2023-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816202346/https://gov.nu.ca/culture-and-heritage/information/we-speak-inuktut|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is spoken in the [[Northwest Territories]] as well and is recognised as an official language of the territory in addition to [[Inuvialuktun]] and Inuktitut.<ref name="OLA-NT">[https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/files/legislation/official-languages/official-languages.a.pdf ''Official Languages Act'', RSNWT 1988, c. O-1], s. 4 in its 2003 version; [[Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre|PWNHC]]: ''[https://www.pwnhc.ca/official-languages-of-the-northwest-territories/ Official Languages of the Northwest Territories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019184622/https://www.pwnhc.ca/official-languages-of-the-northwest-territories/ |date=2021-10-19 }}''</ref>

Inuinnaqtun is used primarily in the communities of [[Cambridge Bay]], [[Kugluktuk]] and [[Gjoa Haven]] in the [[Kitikmeot Region]] of Nunavut. Outside Nunavut, it is spoken in the hamlet of [[Ulukhaktok]], Northwest Territories,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inuinnaqtun.ca/about |title=Let's Speak Inuinnaqtun - About Us|access-date=2021-02-27}}</ref> where it is also known as ''[[Kangiryuarmiutun]]'', forming a part of Inuvialuktun.<ref>Inuvialuit Cultural Centre: ''[https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/languages Inuvialuit Digital Library – Language Resources]''</ref> It is written using the [[Latin script|Roman orthography]]<ref>[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] Original Voices: ''[https://www.cbc.ca/originalvoices/language/inuinnaqtun/ Inuinnaqtun]''</ref> except in Gjoa Haven, where [[Inuktitut syllabics|Inuit syllabics]] are used (as for [[Natsilingmiutut]]).