The Inuit languages are a closely related group of Native American languages 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 in the far east of Russia, but are severely endangered in Russia today and spoken only in a few villages on the Chukchi Peninsula. The Inuit live primarily in three countries: Greenland, Canada (specifically in the Nunatsiavut region of Labrador, the Nunavik region of Quebec, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories), and the United States (specifically the coast of 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 speakers of varieties of Inuit there at roughly 50,000, while Canadian estimates are at roughly 35,000. These two countries count the bulk of speakers of Inuit language variants, although about 7,500 Alaskans speak varieties of Inuit out of a population of over 13,000 Inuit.
In the United States and Canada the term "Eskimo" was commonly used to describe the Inuit, and Alaska's Yupik and Inupiat. "Inuit" is not accepted as a term for the Yupik, and "Eskimo" is the only term that includes Yupik, Iñupiat and Inuit. However, Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Greenland view "Eskimo" as pejorative, and "Inuit" has become more common. In Canada, sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 named the "Inuit" as a distinctive group of Aboriginal Canadians who are not included under either the First Nations or the Métis.
The majority of Greenlanders are Inuit, an indigenous people who also live in Alaska and Canada. Greenlandic, the language they speak, is vastly different to Danish... "I fear our language would disappear ...
An annual Christmas concert in St. John’s celebrates Inuit culture, language and tradition through music. For acclaimed Inuk soprano Deantha Edmunds, the Inuit UrbanChoir... .
InuitTestimony. The book compiles Inuit histories ...Palmer uses one of the show’s most beloved characters, the surgeon Harry Goodsir, as a springboard to discuss 19th-century Inuit-language dictionaries.
If given final approval by the Senate, political candidates and parties will be able to list their names on federal voting ballots in Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun... .
Show Caption. Hide Caption. City of Erie streets employee describes 'hardpack' layer of snow & ice ... 2 ... Snow has around 50 names in Inuit languages, and researchers have found that snow has up to 421 different names in Scotland, BBCEarth writes ... 5.
He fretted that his own three-person team, now greatly outmatched, might strain the budget of Greenland, a semi-autonomous nation of mostly IndigenousInuit people.
... languages in Canada to its translation service. Inuktut is the first First Nations, Métis or Inuit language spoken in the country to be added to the tech giant's artificial intelligence language model.
Despite the loss of the way of life from the cullings, many Inuit fought to keep their language and culture alive. “Inuit never give up. Despite being left with nothing, we are survivors," one elder said ... .
The university would be the first of its kind and would be embedded within Inuit cultures, promote language retention and revitalization, and support economic and cultural opportunities ... He says Inuit ...
The university would be the first of its kind and would be embedded in Inuit cultures, with an aim of promoting language retention and revitalization and supporting economic and cultural opportunities.
'Kendrick calling people colonizers, then uses the colonizer language and puts out a song calling Inuit people Eskimos is so disrespectful,' another user on X wrote ... 'Only a few years ago did I learn Inuit was the correct term.
In 2011, then-Quebec PremierJean Charest formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the province's role in the killings across the region, and settled with Makivvik for $3 million toward promoting and protecting Inuit language and culture.
In 2011, then-Quebec PremierJean Charest formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the province's role in the killings across the region, and settled with Makivvik for $3 million toward promoting and protecting Inuit language and culture.
