Iñupiaq is the language of the Iñupiat people, spoken from Uŋalaqłiq (Unalakleet) across northern and northwestern Alaska to Iñuuvik (Inuvik) in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The language includes several regional varieties, grouped into two main branches: Seward Peninsula Iñupiaq and Northern Alaskan Iñupiaq (Malimiut and North Slope).
This course provides beginning learners with an introduction to Iñupiaq (Uqausiq Iñupiatun), covering essential vocabulary and everyday phrases to build a foundation for further study. As the first Iñupiaq course offered through Doyon Languages Online, it features audio originally recorded in 2000 by Kapniaq Lorena Williams and Taġġaq Lawrence Kaplan for a CD-based language course designed for Iñupiaq learners.