Iñupiatun Uqautchiq

Iñupiatun Uqautchiq (Iñupiaq language) is spoken on the Seward Peninsula, the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope of Alaska and in Western Canada. It is closely related to other Inuit languages across the Arctic in Canada and in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). It is divided into two main dialects: Seward Peninsula and Northern Alaskan. About 1,250 speak the language as a first language, and more and more young people are learning the language every day. Iñupiatun means literally "like an Iñupiaq (person)."

Like Yup’ik, Iñupiaq has three grammatical numbers: singular, dual and plural. For instance, the word for polar bear is nanuq, nannuk or nannut, depending on whether you are talking about one, two, or three or more polar bear(s).