Inuit Sign Language
Inuit Sign Language (IUR, Inuktitut: Uukturausingit ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ or Atgangmuurngniq ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ) is an indigenous sign language. It is a language isolate native to Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. It is currently only attested within certain communities in Nunavut, particularly Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet. Although there is a possibility that it may be used in other places where Inuit live in the Arctic, this has not been confirmed.
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- enInuit Sign Language (IUR, Inuktitut: Uukturausingit ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ or Atgangmuurngniq ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ) is an indigenous sign language. It is a language isolate native to Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. It is currently only attested within certain communities in Nunavut, particularly Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet. Although there is a possibility that it may be used in other places where Inuit live in the Arctic, this has not been confirmed.
- Date
- 2000
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- Ethnicity
- Inuit
- Family
- Language isolate
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- Glotto
- eninui1247
- Glottorefname
- enInuit Sign Language
- Has abstract
- enInuit Sign Language (IUR, Inuktitut: Uukturausingit ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ or Atgangmuurngniq ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ) is an indigenous sign language. It is a language isolate native to Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. It is currently only attested within certain communities in Nunavut, particularly Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet. Although there is a possibility that it may be used in other places where Inuit live in the Arctic, this has not been confirmed. Of the estimated 155 deaf residents of Nunavut in 2000, around 47 were thought to use IUR, while the rest use American Sign Language (ASL) due to schooling. It is unknown how many hearing people use the language nor how many people are monolingual. As it is a highly endangered and relatively hidden language, it has no protection under the federal or territorial governments of Canada. However, IUR exists alongside ASL interpretation within the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut as of 2008. Recently, there has been increased interest in the documentation of the language which would be done through the Nunavut Council for People with Disabilities and the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). As well, there is push to expand the interpretation/translation programme through Arctic College to include IUR.
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- Language
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- eniks
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- Is primary topic of
- Inuit Sign Language
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- enInuit Sign Language
- Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
- American Sign Language
- Arctic
- Arctic College
- Baker Lake, Nunavut
- Canada
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Category:Endangered sign language isolates
- Category:Indigenous languages of the North American Arctic
- Category:Inuit languages
- Category:Languages of Greenland
- Category:Sign language isolates
- Category:Sign languages of Canada
- Classifier (linguistics)
- Danish Sign Language
- Deaf culture
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- Greenland
- Inuit
- Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
- Inuit languages
- Inuktitut language
- Language isolate
- Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
- Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
- Northern Canada
- Nunavut
- Plains Indian Sign Language
- Quebec Sign Language
- Rankin Inlet
- Sign language
- Ulrike Zeshan
- Minority
- enInterpreted alongside ASL in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
- Name
- enInuit Sign Language
- Name
- enInuit Sign Language
- enInuk Tegnsprog
- enLangue des Signes Inuk
- enᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ Uukturausingit
- enᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ Atgangmuurngniq
- Nation
- ennone
- Nativename
- enInuk Tegnsprog
- enLangue des Signes Inuk
- enᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ Uukturausingit
- enᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ Atgangmuurngniq
- Notice
- enIPA
- Ref
- ene18
- Region
- Nunavut
- SameAs
- Inuit Sign Language
- Langue des signes inuit
- Lingua dei segni inuit
- Lingua dî Signa Inuit
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- M8Sm
- Q13360244
- Инуитский жестовый язык
- زبان اشاره اینوئیت
- Script
- ennone
- Speakers
- enAt least 47 Deaf in Nunavut
- enUnknown additional hearing speakers
- Spoken in
- Canada
- Greenland
- Nunavut
- States
- enCanada, possibly Greenland
- Subject
- Category:Endangered sign language isolates
- Category:Indigenous languages of the North American Arctic
- Category:Inuit languages
- Category:Languages of Greenland
- Category:Sign language isolates
- Category:Sign languages of Canada
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