The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and the adjacent...
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Russia. Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut languages, also known as Inuit-Yupik-Unangan, and also as Eskaleut. Inuit Sign Language is a critically...
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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...
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Inuit Sign Language (IUR; Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ, romanized: Inuit Uukturausingit) is one of the Inuit languages and the indigenous sign language of...
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Inuktitut (redirect from Eastern Canadian Inuit language)
also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree...
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Eskimo (redirect from Eskimo and Inuit peoples)
family, the Eskimo branch has an Inuit language sub-branch, and a sub-branch of four Yupik languages. Two Yupik languages are used in the Russian Far East...
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(/ɪˈnuːpiæt/ ih-NOO-pee-at), Iñupiatun or Alaskan Inuit, is an Inuit language, or perhaps group of languages, spoken by the Iñupiat people in northern and...
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bimodal people, speaking both oral languages, Inuit languages and sign languages, Inuit Sign Language (Atgangmuurniq). Inuvialuit (people of the Inuvialuit...
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Kalaallisut is the official language of Greenland. It is the western variety of the Greenlandic language, which is one of the Inuit languages within the Eskimo-Aleut...
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Proto-Inuit is the reconstructed proto-language of the Inuit languages, probably spoken about 1000 years BP by the Neo-Eskimo Thule people. It evolved...
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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...
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, meaning "Inuit are united in Canada"), previously known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada...
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Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, parts of Siberia, and Greenland...
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Inuvialuktun (redirect from Western Canadian Inuit language)
Official Languages Act, S.Nu. 2008, c. 10, s. 3(1) with Inuit Language Protection Act, S.Nu. 2008, c. 17, s. 1(2). UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in...
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Inuktitut syllabics (redirect from Inuit syllabary)
1976, the Language Commission of the Inuit Cultural Institute made it the co-official script for the Inuit languages, along with the Latin script. The name...
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the Proto-Eskimoan classification, the Yupik languages diverged from each other and from the Inuit languages around 1000 CE. Naukan Yupik (also Naukanski):...
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the sole official language of Greenland. Greenlandic belongs to the Eskimo–Aleut languages; it is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada, such...
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Eskimo words for snow (redirect from Inuit words for snow)
linguistic terminology, the relevant languages are the Eskimo–Aleut languages, specifically the Yupik and Inuit varieties. The strongest interpretation...
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their language family. Arctic cultural area (Inuit languages, including Inuit Sign Language) Subarctic culture area (Na-Dene and Algonquian languages) Eastern...
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Alexina Kublu (category Canadian Inuit women)
position, she oversaw the implementation of the Official Languages Act and the Inuit Languages Protection Act in Nunavut, the latter of which expanded...
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an Eskimo–Aleut language with about 57,000 speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such...
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Igloo (redirect from Inuit shelter)
An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type...
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the Inuit women and are at odds with the traditional practices of their culture. Inuit art Inuit languages Inuit religion Lists of Inuit "Inuit", Canadian...
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the United States or Canada, behind Navajo, Cree, Inuit languages, and Ojibwe. Since 2019, "the language of the Great Sioux Nation, comprised of three dialects...
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The Inuit are a group of indigenous peoples living in the most northern parts of North America. Inuit may also refer to: Inuit languages, a language family...
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fish and bird migration behaviour, and astronomical observation. The Inuit languages allowed them to describe nuanced differences in snow and the patterns...
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Yupik peoples (category Articles containing Russian-language text)
The whole Eskaleut languages family is shown below: Eskaleut languages Aleut language Eskimo languages Inuit languages Yupik languages Alaskan Central Alaskan...
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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...
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Inuktun (redirect from Polar Inuit language)
Inuktun (English: Polar Inuit, Greenlandic: avanersuarmiutut, Danish: nordgrønlandsk, polarinuitisk, thulesproget) is the language of approximately 1,000...
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discusses the phonology of the Inuit languages. Unless otherwise noted, statements refer to Inuktitut dialects of Canada. Most Inuit varieties have fifteen consonants...
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