Inuktitut, Western Canadian
A language of Canada
| Population | 4,000 (1981). |
| Region | Central Canadian Arctic, west to Mackenzie Delta and coastal area, including Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic coast north of Inuvik (but not Inuvik and Aklavik, and coastal area). |
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| Alternate names | Western Canadian Inuit |
| Dialects | Copper Inuktitut (“Copper Eskimo” , Copper Inuit), “Caribou Eskimo” (Keewatin), Netsilik, Siglit (Siglitun). |
| Classification | Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit A member of macrolanguage Inuktitut [iku] (Canada). |
| Language use | Official in Northwest Territories. Vigorous in Caribou and Netsilik. In Commer and west, used by parent and grandparent generations (M. Krauss 1995). Also use English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 1983. |
| Writing system | Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script. |
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