ISO 639 Code: ik

ISO 639-1:ik
ISO 639-2:  ipk
English: Inupiaq
French: inupiaq

The code ik is classified in ISO 639 as an individual language code. In practice, however, it appears to be a collection of related languages that are conventionally called by the given name.

This code encompasses the following 2 languages from the Ethnologue:

INUPIATUN, NORTH ALASKAN

[ESI] USA.  Population total both countries 3,500 speakers out of an ethnic population of 8,000 (1990 L.D. Kaplan). Alternate names: NORTH ALASKAN INUPIAT, INUPIAT, 'ESKIMO'. Dialects: NORTH SLOPE INUPIATUN (POINT BARROW INUPIATUN), WEST ARCTIC INUPIATUN, POINT HOPE INUPIATUN, ANAKTUVIK PASS INUPIATUN. Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit. More information.

INUPIATUN, NORTHWEST ALASKA

[ESK] USA. 4,000 speakers out of 8,000 population (1978 SIL).  Alternate names: NORTHWEST ALASKA INUPIAT, INUPIATUN, 'ESKIMO'. Dialects: NORTHERN MALIMIUT INUPIATUN, SOUTHERN MALIMIUT INUPIATUN, KOBUK RIVER INUPIATUN, COASTAL INUPIATUN, KOTZEBUE SOUND INUPIATUN, SEWARD PENINSULA INUPIATUN, KING ISLAND INUPIATUN (BERING STRAIT INUPIATUN). Classification: Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit. More information.


 
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