Eastern Canadian Inuktitut in Canada

Speakers

40,620

Type

Location

Eastern Canadian Inuktitut in Canada

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Eastern Canadian Inuktitut in Canada

Size

40,620

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No
Administrative units of the country
Nunavut

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country
Administrative units of the country
Nunavut, Quebec, …

Size / Number of users

Number of users

40620
Source
census
Year
2016

Users within total population

0.00000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
census, 2016

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

25,335
62
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

13,750
34
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

census, 2016

Age distribution of users

1,525
4
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

census, 2016

Generational use

Educational attainment

50
50
16,200
No education
Source

census, 2016

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2016

Primary education
Source

census, 2016

Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2016

46
54
4,145
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2016

50
50
6,520
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2016

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2016

95
5
3,545
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2016

83
17
260
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2016

93
7
445
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2016

44
56
5,755
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2016

20
80
2,315
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2016

27
73
4,585
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2016

73
27
245
Professionals
Source

census, 2016

57
43
1,040
Managers
Source

census, 2016

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion