Inuit
group of peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic
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Summary
Inuit is an ethnic group[1]. Inuit ranks in the top 0.55% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,871 views/month, #25 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Inuit[3]
- Religion or worldview: animism[4], Lutheranism[5], Christianity[6], Inuit mythology[7]
- Country: Canada[8], Greenland[9], United States[10], Russia[11]
- Location: Inuit Nunangat[12], Alaska[13], Siberia[14], Greenland[15]
- Subclass of: circumpolar peoples[16]
- Part of: Eskimo[17]
- Commons category: Inuit[18]
- Said to be the same as: Q25668817[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Inuit[20]
- Commons gallery: Inuit[21]
- Population: 110,783[22]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Inuit Sign Language[24], Inuktitut[25]
- Native label: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ[26]
- Different from: Innu people[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- P14541: GtbDP[29]
Body
Influence
Things named for Inuit include Anik[30], a spacecraft series[31], in Canada[32].
Why It Matters
Inuit has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Inuit is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Inuit include Anik[30], a spacecraft series[31], in Canada[32].