Map of the Iñupiaq language of Alaska and Canada as classified by Louis-Jacques Dorais. The blue, turquoise, violet, and purple shapes indicate the four primary dialects of the language: Malmiutun, North Slope, Bering Strait, and Qawiaraq. Within these shapes, labeled locations indicate communities where Iñupiaq is spoken today. The pale pastel shapes grouping these locations indicate subdialects; subdialects spoken in only one location are not indicated. 

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This map is a linguistic representation of contemporary Iñupiaq speech communities and is not intended to serve as a representation of the ancestral territory of the Inuit or other indigenous nations.The contemporary distribution of Iñupiaq speakers has been considerably affected by colonialism and migration.



 Sources:


Dorais, Louis-Jacques. The Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic. Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Kaplan, Lawrence D.. Kobuk Inupiaq Literacy Manual. United States: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska, 1980.[1]
Kraus, Michael. "Native Peoples and Languages of Alaska." Fairbanks, AK: Alaska Native Language Center, 1982.[2]

 Classification:


North Alaskan Iñupiaq

Malmiutun
Kobuk
Ambler
Shugnak
Kobuk
Kiana
Noorvik
Selawik
Kotzebue
Kotzebue
NoatakNorth Slope
Common North Slope
Wainwright
Point Barrow
Anaktuvuk
Uummarmiut
Point Hope
Mackenzie Delta (Uummarmiutun)Seward Peninsula Iñupiaq

Bering Strait
Wales
Wales
Shishmare
Brevig Mission
Diomede
Little Diomede
King Island
Nome (formerly King Island)Qawiaraq
Teller
Teller
Shaktoolik
Fish River
White Mountain
Golovin
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