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
Mass Resource List
Books
https://www.qia.ca/free-inuktut-books/: English and Inuktitut children's books
Website
https://tusaalanga.ca/dialect: Various dialects grammar, etc
https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/6449/guide: Basic language videos
https://nunavik-ice.com/en/#g=2.3: Grammar
University of Maine: Vocab, phrases, pronunciation
http://www.inuitq.ca/resources.html: Culture
https://www.masteranylanguage.com/c/r/o/Inuktitut/Games: Alphabet, syllabics, greetings, phrases, vocab
YouTube
Channels
Isuma TV: Videos
Nunavut Tourism: Culture