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 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 — 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 phonology — This article makes reference primarily to the Inuktitut dialects of Canada, although it provides some discussion of other dialects. Following standard notation, phonemes are written between two slashes, e.g. /p/ ; and phonetic transcriptions are… …   Wikipedia

• 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 Broadcasting Corporation — The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a television broadcasting company based in the Nunavut region of Canada. Its programming is targeted at the Inuit population of Nunavut and almost all of its programs are broadcast in Inuktitut. Select… …   Wikipedia

• Inuit — /in ooh it, yooh /, n., pl. Inuits, (esp. collectively) Inuit for 1. 1. a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland. 2. the language of the Inuit, a member of the… …   Universalium

• Inuit — 1. noun /ˈɪnjuːɪt, ˈɪnʊɪt/ a) Any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. b) Individual members of the Inuit peoples …   Wiktionary