Dialect comparison

Inuktitut vs Inuktun

Compare two dialects of Inuit side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Inuktitut

Eastern Canadian Inuktitut

The Inuit language of Nunavut and Nunavik. The largest Eastern Canadian Inuit variety and one of Nunavut's official languages, written in the Inuktitut syllabary.

Approximate centre
63.75°, -68.52°
Inuktun

Polar Eskimo · Avanersuarmiutut

The Inuit language of north-western Greenland around Qaanaaq, the world's northernmost Indigenous language community. Linguistically closer to Canadian Inuktitut than to Kalaallisut.

Approximate centre
77.48°, -69.36°

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