Collective name for Inuit languages
Inuktut is the collective name for the Inuit languages.
It is used by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Government of Nunavut throughout Inuit Nunaat and Inuit Nunangat.
Usage.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) says "Inuktut is the language of Inuit, spoken across Inuit Nunaat, which includes Greenland, Alaska and Inuit Nunangat in Northern Canada". In Canada, according to ITK, it encompasses Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, and Inuttut.
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) indicates that in Canada Inuktut includes Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, and Inuktitut.
The Government of Nunavut says that Inuktut encompasses the Inuit languages of Nunavut. The term is often used specifically to refer to the Inuit languages of Nunavut: Inuinnaqtun, spoken in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, and Inuktitut, spoken in the other communities in Nunavut.
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