Alternate Names: Western Canadian Inuit, Western Canadian Inuktitut
Dialects: Caribou Eskimo (Keewatin), Copper Inuktitut (“Copper Eskimo” (pej.), Copper Inuit), Netsilik, Siglit (Siglitun). A member of macrolanguage Inuktitut ,.
Status Notes: Statutory provincial working language in NWT (1988, NWT Official Languages Act, Chapter 56(Supplemented), Section 4), restricted official use.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 410 (2011 census).
Language Use: Vigorous in Caribou and Netsilik. In Commer and west, used by parent and grandparent generations (1995 M. Krauss). Also use English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 1983.
Writing System: Latin, Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Nation of Origin: Canada