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Language code: iku

Technical information about ISO 639 language code iku

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The table below provides technical details for the Inuktitut language, designated by the iku code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

iku

Name

Official

Inuktitut

Native

ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
North BaffinSouth BaffinKivalliqAivilikNatsilingmiututNunavimmiutitutLabrador Inuttut
Related languages
InuinnaqtunInuvialuktunKalaallisutInuktunIñupiaq
Key facts
Written in a syllabic script adapted from Cree in the 19th centuryHighly polysynthetic—single words can express full English sentencesShows ergative-absolutive alignment and has singular, dual, and plural numbersUses suffixes to indicate evidentiality and speaker certaintyTraditional lexicon includes many distinct roots for kinds and states of snow and ice
Sample phrase

ᐊᐃ, ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑦ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Inuktitut language, identified by the code iku, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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