Read about the Inuit language, its dialects and find out where it is spoken. Learn about the structure and get familiar with the alphabet and writing.
The Inuit language is traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and to some extent in the subarctic in Labrador. The related Yupik languages are spoken in western and southern Alaska and Russian Far East, particularly the Diomede Islands, but is severely endangered in Russia today and ...
What is the Inuit language? The Inuit: The Inuit include a large group of indigenous people native to the northern Alaska and Canada as well as Greenland. The Inuit primarily lived a transient existence, following food sources across the harsh landscape. In fact, the Inuit people were mostly...
The term in use in Alaska today for self-designation of the non-Yupik Aleut is Unangan or Unangas for the people and Unangam Tunuu for the language; however, the term ‘Aleut’ is preferred in Russia. Because there is still no other general term to describe all of the languages and...
The Inuit communities of northern Alaska speak Inupiaq, part of the Eskaleut family of languages. All Inuit bands speak very closely related dialects of this language family. Its roots are in the Ural-Altaic languages of Finland, Hungary, and Turkey. Alaskan Eskaleut languages include Aleut, Yu...
In•u•it(in′o̅o̅ it, -yo̅o̅-),USA pronunciationn., pl.-its,(esp. collectively)-itfor 1. Language Varietiesa member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland. ...
inuit n. 1. 因纽特人(加拿大北部以及格陵兰和阿拉斯加部分地区的一个种族的人,有时误指西伯利亚及阿拉斯加南部和西部的人)a race of people from northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska. The name is sometimes also wrongly used to refer to people from Siberia and S and W Alaska. ...
Inuit means “the people” in their language. They live in very cold places: Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. These are the coldest parts of the world.[2] There are about 130,000 Inuit in the world today. Canada has about 21,000 Inuit. Some live very close to the North Pole...
This distinction is significant because the term "Eskimo" is still used in Alaska to include both Yupik and Inupiat, underscoring its broader application. 5 While "Inuit" refers specifically to certain Indigenous peoples and their unique cultural practices, language (Inuktitut), and identity, "...
Arctic Canada, Greenland, Alaska, Russia Northeastern Quebec and Labrador, Canada 6 Language Family Eskimo-Aleut Algonquian 13 Lifestyle Nomadic, marine hunting (seals, whales) Semi-nomadic, forest hunting (caribou) 8 Cultural Practices Igloo building, dog sleds, sealskin garments Caribou hunting, ...