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Inupiat , or Alaskan Inuit, is a group of dialects of the Inuit language, spoken by the Inupiat people in northern and northwestern Alaska. The Inupiat language is a member of the Eskimo languages. There are roughly 7,000–9,000 speakers.〔 The name is also rendered Inupiatun, Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inyupiaq,〔 Inyupiat, Inyupeat, Inyupik,〔Frederick A. Milan (1959), (The acculturation of the contemporary Eskimo of Wainwright Alaska )〕 and Inupik. The Iñupiaq category of number distinguishes singular, plural, and dual. Iñupiaq does not have a category of gender and articles. An Iñupiaq word consists of a base or stem, which is followed by postbases, endings, and enclitics. ==Dialects== There are four main dialect divisions and these can be organized within two larger dialect collections: *Seward Peninsula Iñupiaq, consisting of: * *Bering Strait: spoken on King Island and the Diomede Islands and in the villages north of Nome, Alaska. It can be subdivided into: * * *Diomede (tribe: Ingalikmiut) * * *Wales (tribes: Kiŋikmiut, Tapqaġmiut) * * *King Island (tribe: Ukiuvaŋmiut) * *Qawiaraq: spoken in Teller, near the original village of Qawiaraq, and in the villages south of Nome as far as Unalakleet. It can be subdivided into: * * *Teller (tribes: Siñġaġmiut, Qaviaraġmiut) * * *Fish River (tribe: Iġałuiŋmiut) *Northern Alaskan Iñupiaq: spoken south of Kivalina and around Kotzebue, along the Kobuk River and at the head of the Norton Sound, in Koyuk and Unalakleet, which can be divided into: * *Malimiutun, which can be subdivided into: * * *Kobuk (tribes: Kuuŋmiut, Kiitaaŋmiut (), Siiḷviim Kaŋianiġmiut, Nuurvinmiut, Kuuvaum Kaŋiaġmiut, Akuniġmiut, Nuataaġmiut, Napaaqtuġmiut, Kivalliñiġmiut〔Burch 1980 Ernest S. Burch, Jr., Traditional Eskimo Societies in Northwest Alaska. Senri Ethnological Studies 4:253-304〕) * * *Kotzebue (tribes: Pittaġmiut, Kaŋiġmiut, Qikiqtaġruŋmiut) * *North Slope: spoken along the Arctic coast as far south as Kivalina. It can be subdivided into: * * *Common North Slope (tribes: Utuqqaġmiut, Siḷaliñaġmiut (and Kunmiut ), Kakligmiut (Utkiavinmuit and Nuwukmiut ), Kuulugruaġmiut, Ikpikpagmiut, Kuukpigmiut (Killinermiut and Kagmalirmiut )〔〔Spencer 1959 Robert F. Spencer, The North Alaskan Eskimo: A study in ecology and society, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, 171 : 1-490〕) * * *Point Hope (tribe: Tikiġaġmiut) * * *Anaktuvuk Pass (tribe: Nunamiut) * * *Uummarmiutun (tribe: Uummarmiut): spoken in the Mackenzie Delta (Aklavik and Inuvik) in the Northwest Territories, Canada 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inupiat language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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