- Inuit language
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the northeastern division of the Eskimo languages, spoken in northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.
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Inuit language
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Inuit language — The Inuit language is traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and to some extent in the subarctic in Labrador. It is also spoken in far eastern Russia, particularly the Diomede Islands, but is severely endangered in Russia today and … Wikipedia
Inuit — Infobox Ethnic group group=Inuit Inuit grandmother and grandchild, 1995 poptime=150,000Fact|date=September 2007 popplace=Greenland, Canada, United States, Russia rels=Christianity, Shamanism, Animism langs=Inuit language, Eskimo Aleut languages… … Wikipedia
Inuit grammar — The Inuit language, like other Eskimo Aleut languages, has a very rich morphological system, in which a succession of different morphemes are added to root words to indicate things that, in languages like English, would require several words to… … Wikipedia
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami — The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ) is an organization in Canada that represents over 40,000 Inuit. It was founded in 1971 as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (or in English, Inuit Brotherhood). It grew out of the Indian and Eskimo… … Wikipedia
Inuit — n. (also Innuit) (pl. same or Inuits) a N. American Eskimo. Etymology: Eskimo inuit people * * * Inuit [Inuit Inuits] [ˈɪnjuɪt] [ˈɪnjuɪt] [ˈɪnuɪt] … Useful english dictionary
Inuit (disambiguation) — The Inuit are a group of indigenous peoples living in the most northern parts of North America.Inuit may also refer to:*Inuit language *Saturn s Inuit group of satellites … Wikipedia
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit — (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ; sometimes Inuit Qaujimanituqangit ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ) is an Inuktitut phrase that is often translated as Inuit traditional knowledge , Inuit traditional institutions or even Inuit traditional technology . It… … Wikipedia
Inuit — [in′o͞o it, in′yo͞oit] n. pl. Inuit or Inuits [Esk inuit, pl. of inuk, person, man] 1. a member of a group of indigenous people of N North America, inhabiting areas from Greenland and E Canada to Alaska 2. the language of this people, belonging… … English World dictionary
Inuit — ► NOUN 1) (pl. same or Inuits) a member of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska. 2) the language of this people. USAGE The term Inuit has official status in Canada, and is also used elsewhere as a synonym for… … English terms dictionary
Greenlandic language — language name=Greenlandic familycolor=Eskimo Aleut states=Greenland, Denmark region=North America speakers=approximately 54,000 fam2=Inuit nation=Greenland agency=Oqaasileriffik ( [http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/] ) iso1=kl|iso2=kal|iso3=kalThe… … Wikipedia
