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The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and the adjacent subarctic regions as far south as Labrador. The Inuit languages are one of the two branches of the Eskimoan language family, the other being the Yupik languages, which are spoken in Alaska and the Russian Far East. Most Inuit people live in one of three countries: Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark; Canada, specifically in Nunavut, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories, the Nunavik region of Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador; and the United States, specifically in northern and western Alaska.
The total population of Inuit speaking their traditional languages is difficult to assess with precision, since most counts rely on self-reported census data that may not accurately reflect usage or competence. Greenland census estimates place the number of Inuit language speakers there at roughly 50,000.[1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, the Inuit population of Canada is 70,540, of which 33,790 report Inuit as their first language.[2] Greenland and Canada account for the bulk of Inuit speakers, although about 7,500 Alaskans speak some variety of an Inuit language out of a total population of over 13,000 Inuit.[3] An estimated 7,000 Greenlandic Inuit live in Denmark, the largest group outside of North America. Thus, the total population of Inuit speakers is about 100,000 people.
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Eskaleut (/ɛˈskæliuːt/ e-SKAL-ee-oot), Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan languages are a language family native to the northern portions of the North American...
Russia. Inuitlanguages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages, also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan, and also as Eskaleut. Inuit Sign Language is a critically...
Inuit Sign Language (IUR, Inuktitut: Inuit Uukturausingit ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ) is one of the Inuitlanguages and the indigenous sign language of the Inuit people...
also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuitlanguages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree...
family, the Eskimo branch has an Inuitlanguage sub-branch, and a sub-branch of four Yupik languages. Two Yupik languages are used in the Russian Far East...
Kalaallisut is the official language of Greenland. It is the western variety of the Greenlandic language, which is one of the Inuitlanguages within the Eskimo-Aleut...
bimodal people, speaking both oral languages, Inuit languages and sign languages, Inuit Sign Language (Atgangmuurniq). Inuvialuit (people of the Inuvialuit...
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, meaning "Inuit are united in Canada"), previously known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada...
the sole official language of Greenland. Greenlandic belongs to the Eskimo–Aleut languages; it is closely related to the Inuitlanguages in Canada, such...
An igloo (Inuitlanguages: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type...
Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, parts of Siberia and Greenland...
The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland). The ancestors of the...
their language family. Arctic cultural area (Inuitlanguages, including Inuit Sign Language) Subarctic culture area (Na-Dene and Algonquian languages) Eastern...
1976, the Language Commission of the Inuit Cultural Institute made it the co-official script for the Inuitlanguages, along with the Latin script. The name...
Official Languages Act, S.Nu. 2008, c. 10, s. 3(1) with InuitLanguage Protection Act, S.Nu. 2008, c. 17, s. 1(2). UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in...
the Inuit women and are at odds with the traditional practices of their culture. Inuit art InuitlanguagesInuit religion Lists of Inuit "Inuit", Canadian...
an Eskimo–Aleut language with about 57,000 speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuitlanguages in Canada such...
popular claim that Eskaleut languages, specifically the Yupik and Inuit varieties, have far more words for snow than other languages, particularly English....
the Proto-Eskimoan classification, the Yupik languages diverged from each other and from the Inuitlanguages around 1000 CE. Naukan Yupik (also Naukanski):...
the United States or Canada, behind Navajo, Cree, Inuitlanguages, and Ojibwe. Since 2019, "the language of the Great Sioux Nation, comprised of three dialects...
Traditional Inuit clothing is a complex system of cold-weather garments historically made from animal hide and fur, worn by Inuit, a group of culturally...
discusses the phonology of the Inuitlanguages. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Inuktitut dialects of Canada. Most Inuit varieties have fifteen consonants...
The whole Eskaleut languages family is shown below: Eskaleut languages Aleut language Eskimo languagesInuitlanguages Yupik languages Alaskan Central Alaskan...
Inuktun (English: Polar Inuit, Greenlandic: avanersuarmiutut, Danish: nordgrønlandsk, polarinuitisk, thulesproget) is the language of approximately 1,000...
designed for a base-10 system, are inadequate for Iñupiaq and other Inuitlanguages. To remedy this problem, students in Kaktovik, Alaska, invented a base-20...
(e.g., verbs and nouns in Southern Athabaskan languages or Inuitlanguages). Many polysynthetic languages display complex evidentiality and/or mirativity...
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