User:Sonjaaa/Eskimo
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Peoples
[edit]Eskimo is a controversial name given to a number of related indigenous peoples in the Arctic region, stretching from the Russian Far East to Greenland.
- Eskimo and Inuit peoples, called simply Eskimo or Eskimos in Alaska and in many world languages
- Yupik (Russia and Alaska)
- Iñupiat (Alaska)
- Inuit (Canada and Greenland)
- Inuvialuit (Canada)
- Kalaallit (Greenland)
- Eskimo (pejorative), a word considered offensive in Canada and Greenland, where Inuit is normally used
Linguistics
[edit]- Eskimo or Yupik-Inuit, a branch of the Eskimo-Aleut languages