devitalizing factors for inuktut and mitigating factors, nunavut, 2016
Table:
number
percentage points

devitalization factors

non-transmission of mother tongue
-7,075
-23.4

complete language transfers
-630
-2.1

total losses
-7,705
-25.5

mitigating factors

knowledge of mother tongue without using it at home
475
1.6

use of inuktut at home among inuit who do not report it as mother tongue
3,445
11.4

main use
525
1.7

secondary use
2,920
9.7

secondary speakers
450
1.5

total mitigating factors
4,370
14.5

mitigating factors

transmission of inuit mother tongue to non-inuit
105
0.3

use of inuktut at home among non-inuit who do not report it as mother tongue
225
0.7

secondary speakers
130
0.4

total mitigating factors
460
1.5

sum of mitigating factors
4,830
16.0

sum of devitalization factors and mitigating factors
-2,875
-9.5

Give a precise answer to the following question using only the table information. Format your answer like this: {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}. If multiple items are correct, separate them with commas. The table caption is 'devitalizing factors for inuktut and mitigating factors, nunavut, 2016'. Using the table, respond to this question: When we add non-transmission of mother tongue and full language transfers, linguistic devitalization factors total -25.5 percentage points, or just over a quarter of nunavut's inuit population?

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