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I didn't. All Inuit are Eskimo, not all Eskimo are Inuit. The Eskimo-Aleut language family also includes Yupik and other Eskimo languages.
There is no actual or singular "Inuit" language. Scholars use the term "Inuit language" for a matter of convenience to reflect a geographic group of people, however, there are many languages spoken by Inuit people - languages which in several cases appear to have no direct relationship to each other in modern comprehension nor development.
There is no actual or singular "Inuit" language. Scholars use the term "Inuit language" for a matter of convenience to reflect a geographic group of people, however, there are many languages spoken by Inuit people - languages which in several cases appear to have no direct relationship to each other in modern comprehension nor development.
Most Inuit languages are grouped under the family "Eskimo/Aluet" languages. For the vast majority of the Inuit languages, direct connections exist from one group of speakers to the next community. Subtle shifts have happened over time, such that Inuit from one part of the continent are not understood by Inuit from another part of the continent.
Most Inuit languages are grouped under the family "Eskimo/Aleut" languages. For the vast majority of the Inuit languages, direct connections exist from one group of speakers to the next community. Subtle shifts have happened over time, such that Inuit from one part of the continent are not understood by Inuit from another part of the continent.
Scholars have attempted to classify Inuit as a Paleo-Siberan language based on the theory that the Inuit came from the Siberian peninsula.
Scholars have attempted to classify Inuit as a Paleo-Siberan language based on the theory that the Inuit came from the Siberian peninsula.
"Snow", "White snow", "Fluffy snow", "beautiful wet snow of early fall", etc.
"Snow", "White snow", "Fluffy snow", "beautiful wet snow of early fall", etc.
When spoken in an agglutinative language, those same phrases appear as different words, "whitesnow", "fluffysnow" or "beautifulwetsnowofearlyfall".
When spoken in an agglutinative language, those same phrases appear as different words, "whitesnow", "fluffysnow" or "beautifulwetsnowofearlyfall".
[[Category:Eskimo-Aleut languages]]
[[Category:Languages of the Arctic]]