Alternate Names: “Eskimo” (pej.), Inupiatun, Northwest Alaska Inupiat
Dialects: Coastal Inupiatun, King Island Inupiatun (Bering Strait Inupiatun), Kobuk River Inupiatun, Kotzebue Sound Inupiatun, Northern Malimiut Inupiatun, Seward Peninsula Inupiatun, Southern Malimiut Inupiatun. A member of macrolanguage Inupiaq ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,580 (2010 census), decreasing. All Inuit languages: 75,000 out of 91,000 in the ethnic group (1995 M. Krauss). Census lists this as Eskimo. Ethnic population: All Inupiatun: 13,500 (includes ,) (Golla 2007).
Language Use: Most speakers 40 and older. Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Dictionary. NT: 1997–2010.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: United States