| 1 | A | B | C |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | devitalizing factors for inuktut and mitigating factors, nunavut, 2016 |  |  |
| 3 |  | number | percentage points |
| 4 | devitalization factors |  |  |
| 5 | non-transmission of mother tongue | -7,075 | -23.4 |
| 6 | complete language transfers | -630 | -2.1 |
| 7 | total losses | -7,705 | -25.5 |
| 8 | mitigating factors |  |  |
| 9 | knowledge of mother tongue without using it at home | 475 | 1.6 |
| 10 | use of inuktut at home among inuit who do not report it as mother tongue | 3,445 | 11.4 |
| 11 | main use | 525 | 1.7 |
| 12 | secondary use | 2,920 | 9.7 |
| 13 | secondary speakers | 450 | 1.5 |
| 14 | total mitigating factors | 4,370 | 14.5 |
| 15 | mitigating factors |  |  |
| 16 | transmission of inuit mother tongue to non-inuit | 105 | 0.3 |
| 17 | use of inuktut at home among non-inuit who do not report it as mother tongue | 225 | 0.7 |
| 18 | secondary speakers | 130 | 0.4 |
| 19 | total mitigating factors | 460 | 1.5 |
| 20 | sum of mitigating factors | 4,830 | 16.0 |
| 21 | sum of devitalization factors and mitigating factors | -2,875 | -9.5 |

Question: what was the percent of the inuit population do not have inuktut as their mother tongue, non-transmission of inuktut as mother tongue is a factor that negatively affects linguistic vitality?
Answer: -23.4

Question: in nunavut in 2016, how many inuit with inuktut as their mother tongue who never spoke their mother tongue at home?
Answer: 630

Question: in nunavut in 2016, what was the percent of the inuit population (negative factor of 2.1 percentage points)?
Answer: 2.1

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?
Answer: -25.5

Question: how many inuit who have made a complete language transfer?
Answer: 630

Question: of the 630 inuit who have made a complete language transfer, how many inuit can still conduct a conversation in inuktut?
Answer: 475

Question: how many percentage points did conduct a conversation in inuktut amount to?
Answer: 1.6

Question: how many inuit use inuktut at home despite it not being their mother tongue?
Answer: 3445

Question: these language transfers towards inuktut, even partial ones, how many percentage points are a positive factor for linguistic vitality?
Answer: 11.4

Question: how many inuit learned inuktut as a second language?
Answer: 450

Question: how many percentage points did these second-language speakers contribute to the vitality of inuktut, since they can use this language outside the home?
Answer: 1.5

Question: how many percentage points did these factors mitigate the effect of the negative factors?
Answer: 14.5