Language code: iu
Technical information about ISO 639 language code iu
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The table below provides technical details for the Inuktitut language, designated by the iu code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Inuktitut Native ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ |
| Family | Eskimo-Aleut |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | North Baffin (Qikiqtaaluk uannangani)South Baffin (Qikiqtaaluk nigiani)Kivalliq (Caribou)Aivilik (Aivilingmiutut)IglulikNunavik (Nunavimmiutut) |
| Related languages | InuinnaqtunInuvialuktunKalaallisut (West Greenlandic)IñupiaqInuktun (Polar Inuit) |
| Key facts | Highly polysynthetic, so single words can express full English sentencesUses an ergative–absolutive case systemInflects nouns and verbs for singular, dual and pluralWritten in both Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and a standardized Latin alphabet (Inuujingajut)Features a rich set of demonstratives that mark multiple spatial distinctions |
| Sample phrase | ᐊᐃ, ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑦ? |
| Character encodings | |
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Inuktitut belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut language family. It is one of the official languages of Nunavut and is also recognized in the Northwest Territories of Canada, where Inuinnaqtun and Inuvialuktun, languages closely related to Inuktitut, are more commonly spoken. Inuktitut is written using both syllabics and the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 38,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
38K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Inuktitut speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ