Inupiaq language

Inupiaq
Iñupiatun, Inupiatun, Inupiaqtun
Native to	United States, formerly Russia; Northwest Territories of Canada
Region	Alaska; formerly Big Diomede Island
Ethnicity	Inupiat
Native speakers	2,000 (2006–2010)
Language family	Eskimo–Aleut Eskimo Inuit Inupiaq
Writing system	Latin (Iñupiaq alphabet) Iñupiaq Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ik
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3	– inclusive code Individual codes: esi – North Alaskan Inupiatun esk – Northwest Alaska Inupiatun
Glottolog	inup1234
Inuit dialects. Inupiat dialects are orange (Northern Alaskan) and pink (Seward Peninsula).
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Inupiat /ɪˈnuːpiæt/, Inupiaq /ɪˈnuːpiæk/, or Alaskan Inuit, is a group of dialects of the Inuit languages, spoken by the Inupiat people in northern and northwestern Alaska, and part of the Northwest Territories. The Inupiat language is a member of the Inuit-Yupik-Unangan language family, and is closely related to Inuit languages of Canada and Greenland. There are roughly 2,000 speakers. Inupiaq is an official language of the State of Alaska.

The name is also rendered as Inupiatun, Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inyupiaq,Inyupiat,Inyupeat,Inyupik, and Inupik.

The main varieties of the Inupiaq language are Northern Alaskan Inupiaq and Seward Peninsula Inupiaq.

Inupiaq is a polysynthetic language, meaning that words can be extremely long with many postbases, endings, and enclitics connected to the initial root. The Iñupiaq category of number distinguishes singular, plural, and dual. Nouns are inflected in eight cases and for possession. Verbs are inflected for number and person of their subject and object. Iñupiaq does not have a category of gender and articles.