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Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska

A language of United States

ISO 639-3: esk

Population	2,420 (2000 census), decreasing. All Inuit languages: 75,000 out of 91,000 in the ethnic group (1995 M. Krauss). US Census lists this as “Eskimo”.
Region	Alaska, Kobuk River, Noatak River, Seward Peninsula, and Bering Strait.
Language map	United States of America, Alaska and Hawaii
Alternate names	“Eskimo” , Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska Inupiat
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 A member of macrolanguage Inupiaq [ipk] (United States).
Language use	Mainly older adults. Also use English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. NT: 1997.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Seiler, Wolf A., compiler. 2005. Iñupiatun Eskimo dictionary.

Seiler, Wolf. 1997. "Valence and affix ordering in Inupiatun."  

Vernacular Publications

Iñupiam uḲaƚhi. 1968.

Qatuk: Amaqqum aglakkaŋi avlim agliutraliuqƚugich. 1976.

Suŋŋuat. 1969.

Unipchaat 1, 2. 1969.

Unipchaat 3. 1970.