What Language do Eskimos Speak?

Question

My friend always asks me what language eskimos speak i say eskimonain which is obviously not right, but i dont know the real answer, i hope someone can help me with it =)

Answer 1

You are almost right. The language of the Eskimos is usually called "Eskimo."

However, there is the word Eskimoan which means "Eskimo-like." It is sometimes used when referring to all of the dialects and languages that belong to the Eskimo linguistic family such as Yupik (Siberia & western Alaska)), Iñupiaq (Alaska), Inultitut (Canada) and Greenlandic (Greenland) and Aleut (Alaska).

When anthropologists and historians talk about "Eskimoan peoples" they mean either Eskimos and Aleuts or at least, ancient Siberians who spoke languages related to Eskimo. For example, some historians believe that some of the the first human settlers of the British Isles at the end of the last ice age may have been "Eskimoan."

In Canada, the Eskimo language is now called "Inuktitut" but this term hasn't been universally accepted. Technically speaking, Inuktitut is just a dialect of Eskimo which has several sub-dialects including Greenlandic.

Answer 2

Inuktitut (Eskimo/Inuit Language)

Answer 3

Inuit, Aleut, Yupik, Sirenikski and probably Chukchee

Answer 4

Inuit I think. They are actually an American Indian tribe that is found all the way from Alaska to Northern Washington state.

Answer 5

iniut or chukchi