Eskimo

indigenous people from the circumpolar region
Person people Q131242
Eskimo
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Eskimo

Summary

Eskimo is a people[1]. They ranks in the top 4% of people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Inuit–Yupik–Unangan was Eskimo's native language[3].
  • Russian was Eskimo's native language[4].
  • English was Eskimo's native language[5].
  • Danish was Eskimo's native language[6].
  • Eskimo's religion is recorded as Lutheranism[7].
  • Eskimo's religion is recorded as paganism[8].
  • Eskimo's instance of is recorded as people[9].
  • Eskimo's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[10].
  • Eskimo's Commons category is recorded as Inuit[11].
  • Eskimo comprises Inuit[12].
  • Eskimo comprises Yupik peoples[13].
  • Eskimo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eskimos[14].
  • Eskimo has a population of {'amount': '+170000'}[15].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[19].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[22].
  • Eskimo's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Eskimo's studied by is recorded as Eskimology[24].

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Origins and Family

Native languages include Inuit–Yupik–Unangan[3], Russian[4], English[5], and Danish[6].

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Lutheranism[7], a Christian denominational family[25], founded in 1517[26] and paganism[8], a world view[27].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Eskimo include Edmonton Elks[28], a Canadian football team[29], in Canada[30], founded in 1949[31]; they kinship[32], a kinship system[33]; and eskimoite[34], a mineral species[35].

Why It Matters

Eskimo ranks in the top 4% of people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,177 views/month).[2] They has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] They is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for them include Edmonton Elks[28], a Canadian football team[29], in Canada[30], founded in 1949[31]; they kinship[32], a kinship system[33]; and eskimoite[34], a mineral species[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . Q87326861. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Q87326861. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Q87326861. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q87326861. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Glottolog code eski1265
    Religion or worldview Lutheranism, paganism
    Population {'amount': '+170000'}
    Instance of people, ethnic group
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24293, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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