The Inuit are the native inhabitants of the northermost part of the Americas. Their territory ranges from Siberia to Greenland through Alaska and Canada. Their language is divided in distinct languages or dialects, but has some unity. It is called Yupik in South and Central Alaska, Inupiaq in North Alaska, and Inuktitut in Canada and Greenland. The Inuit have some autonomy now in Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) and will also be a self-governed territory soon in Canada in Nunavut (their homeland, covering part of the Northwest Territories).
Inuit edo eskimalak (izen hau ez erabiltzea hobeto) Amerikateko ipar-iparreko biztanleak dira. Beren herria Siberiatik Groenlandiara zabal da, Alaska eta Kanadako iparraldea tartean direla. Beren hizkuntza, mintzaira desberdinetan zatitua egon arren, bat da eta izen desberdinak ditu segun eta non: Yupik, Inupiaq, Inuktitut... Groenlandian (Kalaallit Nunaat) badute autonomia, baita laster Kanadako Nunaat eskualdean (Northwest Territories eskualdeko parte handi bat mapetan).
Canada. Two tables: 1: Names officially changed to Inuktitut in Quebec. 2. Names officially changed (elsewhere in Canada). 3. Names that are not official yet.
Innu (Algonquian Amerindians) in Labrador (Quebec/Newfoundland).
Check also the Native American sub-index.
Kanada. Bi taula. 1: Quebecen Ofizialki aldatutako izenak. 2. Ofizialki aldatutakoak (salbu Quebec). 3. Oraindik izen kolonialak diren toki izen ofizialen Inuit izenak.
Innu (Algonkiar Amerindiarrak) Labrador penintsulan (Quebec/Ternua).
In Greenland several Inuktitut dialects are spoken, and there are about 40.000 Inuit (85% of the local population). Also 7.000 Inuit in mainland Denmark. The placenames listed here are already official in Inuktitut.
Groenlandian zenbait dialekto Inuit daude. Inuitak 40.000 inguru dira (bertakoen %85). 7.000 bizi dira gainera Europako Danimarkan. Zerrendako izen hauek ofizialak dira dagoeneko Inuktitut hizkuntzan.
Six Inuit dialects are spoken in Canada and there are about 22.000 speakers. Names listed here are mostly from Nunavut (covers part of Northwest Territories) and Quebec. Nunavut will become autonomous soon on 1 April 1999, with capital in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) in Baffin island. Inuit placenames are re-gaining officiality in several areas in Canada, mainly in Nunavut and the northern part of Labrador peninsula (divided between Quebec and Newfoundland), called Nunavik by the Inuit. Anyway, lots of colonnial names remain. The Inuit of Nunavik, Labrador, live alongside the Innu people, which are a totally distinct ethnic group.
Kanada: sei dialekto Inuit, eta guztira 22.000 hiztun. Zerrenda hauetan Nunavut eskualdeko eta Quebeceko izenak ageri dira batik bat. Nunavut laster autonomoa, ia independentea, izango da (mapetako Northwest Territories eskualdeko parte handi bat hartuko du) eta hiriburua Iqaluit (lehen Frobisher Bay) izango du, Baffin uhartean, 1999ko apirilaren 1ean.Inuit izenak ofizialtasuna berreskuratzen ari dira, batez ere Nunavut eskualdean eta Labrador penintsularen iparraldean (Nunavik, haientzat), Quebec eta Ternua artean. Beste izen kolonialista askok dirau, dena den. Nunavik (Labrador) eskualdeko Inuit herria Innu indiarren ondoan bizi dira, eta ez dira etnia biak nahastu behar.
(1) Izen errepikatu honek Ibai Handia esan nahi du.
(1) This usual name means Great River.
Nunavut: eskualde autonomo berria 1999ko apirilaren 1etik. Ikus izenak Inuit alfabetoz idatziak.
Nunavut: autonomous territory effective April 1st, 1999. Note the placenames in the Inuit script.