How many Inuktut dialects are there in Nunavut? Among Inuit, as well as among linguists there is no consensus. Nonetheless, most would group the different forms of speaking Inuktut according to the table below.
Keep in mind that even within a dialect there can be a number of variations or subdialects and the differences among them are not always well defined.
| dialect | community |
| Nunatsiavummiutut (Inuttitut) |
Nunainguk (Nain) Apvitok (Hopedale) KipukKak (Postville) Maggovik (Makkovik) kikiak (Rigolet) |
| Nunavimmiutut |
Kangiqsualujjuaq Kuujjuaq Tasiujaq Aupaluk Kangirsuk Quaqtaq Kangiqsujuaq Salluit Ivujivik Akulivik Puvirnituq Inukjuak Umiujaq Kuujjuarapik Sanikiluaq (Nunavut) |
|
Qikiqtaaluup nigianimiutut (South Qikiqtaaluk) |
Iqaluit Kimmirut Kinngait Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung) Qikiqtarjuaq |
|
Qikiqtaaluup uangnanganimiutut (North Qikiqtaaluk) |
Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay) Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet) Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River) Iglulik (Igloolik) Sanirajak Qausuittuq (Resolute) Aujuittuq (Grise Fiord) |
| Aivilingmiutut |
Naujaat Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet) Salliq (Coral Harbour) Kangiqłiniq (Rankin Inlet) |
| Qamani’tuarmiutut |
Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) |
| Paallirmiutut |
Tikirarjuaq (Whale Cove) Arviat |
| Nattilingmiutut |
Uqšuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven) Talurjuaq (Taloyoak) Kuugaarjuk (Kugaaruk) |
| Inuinnaqtun |
Qurluqtuq (Kugluktuk) Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) Ulukhaqtuq (Ulukhaktok), N.W.T. |
|
Sallirmiutun |
Paulatuuq (Paulatuk) Tuktuyaaqtuuq (Tuktoyaktuk) Ikahuak (Sachs Harbour) |
|
Uummarmiutun |
Inuuvik (Inuvik) Akłarvik (Aklavik) |
There is increasing mobility in Nunavut as Inuit leave their home communities in search of opportunities for work and education. In larger centres one can hear a range of dialects spoken in the same community.
NUNATSIAVUMMIUTUT DIALECT
The Inuktut language spoken in the communities on the coast of Labrador is generally divided into two sub-dialects. One is spoken in the northern communities : Nunainguk (Nain), Apvitok (Hopedale), KipukKak (Postville) and Maggovik (Makkovik). This sub-dialect has some similarities with Inuttitut that is spoken in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. In the community of kikiak (Rigolet) there are Inuit whose speech has its own characteristics and is considered a separate dialect.