Language code: iu

Technical information about ISO 639 language code iu

The table below provides technical details for the Inuktitut language, designated by the iu code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

iu

Name

Official

Inuktitut

Native

ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ

Family
Eskimo-Aleut
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Inuktitut speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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