Dialect comparison

Inuktun vs Inuvialuktun

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

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°
Inuvialuktun

Western Canadian Inuit

The Inuit language of the Inuvialuit communities of the western Canadian Arctic. Smaller than Inuktitut and historically split between three sub-varieties: Sallirmiutun, Uummarmiutun, and Kangiryuarmiutun.

Approximate centre
68.36°, -133.72°

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