2063 (Inuit Sign Language)

{

id: 2063,
code_val: "iks",
code_authorities: "ISO 639-3",
primary_name: "Inuit Sign Language",
alternate_names: "Inuit Uukturausingit; IUR",
lang_description: "",
classification: "Sign Language; North American",
dialect_varieties: "Baker Lake, Rankin Inlet, Taloyaok",
public_comment: "",
private_comment: null,
source_id: null,
speakers: [
- {
  - id: 3247,
  - code_id: 2063,
  - speaker_number: "10-99",
  - speaker_number_text: "50",
  - second_language_speakers: "",
  - semi_speakers: "",
  - children: "",
  - young_adults: "",
  - older_adults: "",
  - elders: "",
  - ethnic_population: "",
  - date_of_info: "",
  - public_comment: "",
  - private_comment: null,
  - source_id: 24851,
  - preferred: 0,
  },
- {
  - id: 28034,
  - code_id: 2063,
  - speaker_number: "100-999",
  - speaker_number_text: ">141",
  - second_language_speakers: "",
  - semi_speakers: "",
  - children: "",
  - young_adults: "",
  - older_adults: "",
  - elders: "",
  - ethnic_population: "",
  - date_of_info: "",
  - public_comment: ""For about 47 deaf signers [Inuit Sign Language, or IUR] is the sole means of communication, but these people live in separate communities spread across the immense area. It is difficult to give an estimate of the number of hearing signers, especially since it differs from community to community. I estimate that there are at least two hearing signers to each deaf signer, who have learned IUR because they are in close contact with a deaf IUR signer."",
  - private_comment: null,
  - source_id: 96700,
  - preferred: 0,
  },
- {
  - id: 31737,
  - code_id: 2063,
  - speaker_number: "10-99",
  - speaker_number_text: "<40",
  - second_language_speakers: "Hearing signers",
  - semi_speakers: "",
  - children: "",
  - young_adults: "",
  - older_adults: "",
  - elders: "",
  - ethnic_population: "",
  - date_of_info: "",
  - public_comment: ""Less than 40 deaf native signers." "The incidence of deafness among the Inuit in Nunavut is estimated to be 0.6%."",
  - private_comment: null,
  - source_id: 99250,
  - preferred: 1,
  },
],
language: {
- code_id: 2063,
- featured: 0,
- cached_documentation_score: -1,
- google_group_url: "",
- simplified_level: "high",
- coordinates: "62.8, -92.083; 64.32, -96.02; 69.53, -93.53",
- updated_at: "2018-03-25 01:00:33",
- speaker_attitude: "Neutral or positive",
- government_support: ""The Department of CLEY funded a project to develop materials for teaching and training of IUR, and is organising support services for deaf and hearing-impaired individuals."",
- institutional_support: "No formal education exists",
- _other_languages_used: "English, American Sign Language, Manually Coded English, Inuktitut",
- domains_of_use: "Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.",
- speakers_worldwide: "<40",
- second_language_speakers: null,
- semi_speakers: "",
- children: "",
- young_adults: "",
- older_adults: "",
- elders: "",
- ethnic_population: "",
- speakers_worldwide_year: "",
- bibliography_of_vitality: "99250",
- bibliography_of_context: "99250",
- bibliography_of_locations: "24851",
- user_submission: null,
- approved: 1,
- speakers_int_cache: 40,
- has_audio_samples: 0,
- has_document_samples: 0,
- has_image_samples: 0,
- has_guide_samples: 0,
- has_video_samples: 0,
- search_simplified_level: "SE",
- user_id: 1,
- code_val_cache: "iks",
- has_link_samples: 0,
- submission_source_info: null,
- countries: [
  - {
    - id: 58,
    - name: "Canada",
    - pivot: {
      - language_id: 2063,
      - country_id: 58,
      },
    },
  ],
},

}