Inuit languages

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Inuit
Geographic distribution	Alaska, Nunavut, Northwest Territories (Inuvialuit Settlement Region), Quebec (Nunavik), Labrador (Nunatsiavut, Nunatuĸavut), Greenland
Ethnicity	Inuit
Native speakers	est. 100,000
Linguistic classification	Eskaleut Eskimo Inuit
Proto-language	Proto-Inuit
Subdivisions	Iñupiaq (Inupiatun/Inupiat) Inuvialuktun (Western Canadian Inuit, Kivallirmiutut, Aivilingmiutut, Qikiqtaaluk-Uannanganii) Inuktitut (Qikiqtaaluk-Nigiani, Nunavimmiutitut, Nunatsiavummiutut) Kalaallisut (Greenlandic)
Language codes
Glottolog	inui1246

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The Inuit languages are a closely related group of indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and the adjacent subarctic regions as far south as Labrador. The Inuit languages are one of the two branches of the Eskimoan language family, the other being the Yupik languages, which are spoken in Alaska and the Russian Far East. Most Inuit people live in one of three countries: Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark; Canada, specifically in Nunavut, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories, the Nunavik region of Quebec, and the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador; and the United States, specifically in northern and western Alaska.

The total population of Inuit speaking their traditional languages is difficult to assess with precision, since most counts rely on self-reported census data that may not accurately reflect usage or competence. Greenland census estimates place the number of Inuit language speakers there at roughly 50,000.^[1] According to the 2021 Canadian census, the Inuit population of Canada is 70,540, of which 33,790 report Inuit as their first language.^[2] Greenland and Canada account for the bulk of Inuit speakers, although about 7,500 Alaskans speak some variety of an Inuit language out of a total population of over 13,000 Inuit.^[3] An estimated 7,000 Greenlandic Inuit live in Denmark, the largest group outside of North America. Thus, the total population of Inuit speakers is about 100,000 people.