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Peoples

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

• Eskimo or Yupik-Inuit, a branch of the Eskimo-Aleut languages