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English: 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.
A note:

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
      • Noatak
  • North 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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Map of the Iñupiaq language of Alaska and Canada as classified by Louis-Jacques Dorais

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