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Inuktitut

American  
[ih-nook-ti-toot, ih-nyook-] / ɪˈnʊk tɪˌtʊt, ɪˈnjʊk- /
Or Inuktituut

noun

  1. a dialect of Inuit, spoken in the Canadian Arctic.


Inuktitut British  
/ ɪˈnʊktɪˌtʊt /

noun

  1. the language of the Inuit

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Etymology

Origin of Inuktitut

from Inuktitut inuk man + titut speech

Example Sentences

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In Nunavut, one of Canada's three northern territories, the majority-Inuit population speak Inuktitut.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

Agguttinni means "where the prevailing wind occurs" in the Inuktitut local dialect.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

He delivered his remarks in his native Spanish, translated to English and Inuktitut, in this remote region 200 miles from the Arctic Circle, where residential schools transformed life for the majority-Inuit population.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

Formerly called Cape Dorset, the town reverted three years ago to its traditional name, which means “high mountains” in the Inuktitut language.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

Microsoft’s text translation service recently added Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut, spoken in the Canadian Arctic, and grassroots artificial intelligence researchers are doing similar projects throughout the Americas and beyond.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

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