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CommonsWiktionaryvteInuit (/ˈɪnjuɪt/; syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, "the people", singular: Inuk ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk ᐃᓅᒃ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut family. Inuit Sign Language is a critically endangered language isolate used in Nunavut.
In Canada and the United States, the term "Eskimo" was commonly used to describe Inuit and Siberia´s and Alaska´s Yupik and Iñupiat peoples. However, "Inuit" is not accepted as a term for the Yupik, and "Eskimo"[10] is the only term that applies to Yupik, Iñupiat and Inuit. Since the late 20th century, Indigenous peoples in Canada and Greenlandic Inuit consider "Eskimo" to be a pejorative term, and they more frequently identify as "Inuit" for an autonym.[11][12] In Canada, sections 25 and 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 classified Inuit as a distinctive group of Aboriginal Canadians who are not included under either the First Nations or the Métis.[13]" - (en.wikipedia.org 30.10.2019)
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