Inuit

Chinese:
Cantonese: 因紐特人, 因纽特人 (jan¹ nau⁵ dak⁶ jan⁴)

Mandarin: 因紐特人 (zh), 因纽特人 (zh) (Yīnniǔtèrén)
Czech: inuita m, inuité m pl
Danish: inuit c
Esperanto: inuitoj
French: Inuit (fr)
Hindi: इनुइत m (inuit)

Inuktitut:
Roman: inuit

Syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inuit)
Inupiaq: Iñuit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: inuitt m

Nynorsk: inuitt m
Portuguese: inuítes m pl
Russian: инуи́т (ru) m (inuít), инуи́тка f (inuítka)
Ukrainian: інуї́ти (inujíty)

Proper nounEdit

Inuit

Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

SynonymsEdit

Inupiatun, or Inupiak, and Qawiaraq (Alaska)
Inuvialuktun (Northwest Territories)
Inuinnaqtun (Western Nunavut, Central Arctic Canada)
Inuktitut (Nunavut)
Nunavimmiutitut (Nunavik, Northern Quebec)
Nunatsiavummiutut, Labradorimiutut, or locally Inuttut (Nunatsiavut, Labrador)
Greenlandic, or Kalaallisut (Greenland)

TranslationsEdit

the language

Chinese:
Cantonese: 因紐特語, 因纽特语 (jan¹ nau⁵ dak⁶ jyu⁵)

Mandarin: 因紐特語 (zh), 因纽特语 (zh) (Yīnniǔtèyǔ)
Czech: inuitština f
Hindi: इनुइत f (inuit)
Inuktitut:
Roman: Inuktitut (iu)

Syllabics: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (iu) (inuktitut)

Inupiaq: Iñupiatun, Iñupiaq
Norwegian:
Bokmål: inuittisk m

Nynorsk: inuittisk m
Portuguese: inuíte m
Russian: инуи́тский язы́к m (inuítskij jazýk)
Ukrainian: інуї́тська мо́ва f (inujítsʹka móva), інуї́тська f (inujítsʹka)

AdjectiveEdit

Inuit (comparative more Inuit, superlative most Inuit)

Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

Usage notesEdit

The northern indigenous peoples of North America used to be called Eskimo, but the term has declined in usage in North America because it was erroneously thought to derive from a pejorative; see the usage notes at Eskimo. Inuit is the accepted term in Canada, and has gained some currency in the United States. However, Eskimo continues to be the prevalent name in Alaska, and worldwide, for both the Inuit Inupiat people and the non-Inuit Yupik.

Also note that the terms Inuit and Eskimo do not include the related Aleut people (Unangam), nor the other Native (First Nations) peoples of the Arctic.

Many dictionaries do not list Inuits as a plural form. Inuit is usually used as an ethnonym with no singular form (like Chinese). The need to treat Inuit as a singular has been obviated by wider recognition of its etymological singular form Inuk in recent times.

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture

Czech: inuitský m
Danish: inuitisk
French: inuit (fr)
Hindi: इनुइत (inuit)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: inuittisk

Nynorsk: inuittisk
Portuguese: inuíte
Russian: инуи́тский (inuítskij)
Ukrainian: інуї́тський (inujítsʹkyj)

NounEdit

Inuit

plural of Inuk

ReferencesEdit

“Inuit” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
“Inuit” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Inuit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eskimo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Inuktitut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Inuit language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia