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Labrador Inuktitut (Inuttut)
The province's Inuit are concentrated primarily in the three coastal Labrador communities of Nain, Hopedale and Makkovik. In all three communities, the Inuttut language is in serious decline. Among over 2,000 people of Inuit ancestry, just under 500 claim Inuttut as their sole mother tongue. Almost 300 of these live in Nain, where most are in the older age group. Even in Nain Inuit children rarely use Inuttut in their everyday interactions; English is becoming more frequent even in the home domain. The use of English as the medium of instruction in 20th-century Labrador has been a primary contributor, as of course has the general prestige associated with English-speaking society and culture.
Cu | name | Qawiaraq | Inupiatun | Siglitun | Inuinnaqtun | Natsilingmiutut | Aivilimmiutut | Kivallirmiutut | ||
place | Western_Alaska | Northern_Alaska | Mackenzie_river | Nunavut | Kugaaruk | Aivilik | West_Hudson_Bay | |||
kannuyaq | kannuyaq | kannujaq | kannuyaq | kannujaq | kannujaq | kanusaq | ||||
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name | Qikiqtaaluk_uannangani | Qikiqtaaluk_nigiani | Nunavimmiutitut | Nunatsiavummiutut | Kalaallisut | Tunumiit_oraasiat | Inuktun | |||
place | North_Baffin | South_Baffin | Nunavut | Labrador | Western_Greenland | Eastern_Greenland | Northern_Greenland | |||
kannujaq | kannujaq | kannujaq | kannuajak | kanngussak | kanngutsak | kannussaq | ||||
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