Inuktitut

American  

[ih-nook-ti-toot, ih-nyook-] / ɪˈnʊk tɪˌtʊt, ɪˈnyʊk- /

Or Inuktituut

noun

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

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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

The stories in this unmatched collection mercilessly tap into the horrors that can fester in the human heart, as well as taaqtumi—Inuktitut for “in the dark.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

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

From Science Daily

Yet another was written entirely in Inuktitut, an Indigenous language spoken in northern Canada, far from Alaska.

From Seattle Times

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