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Eskimo vs. Inuit

Eskimo

[ es-kuh-moh ]

    Inuit

    [ in-oo-it, -yoo- ]
    noun,
    1. a member of a group of Indigenous peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
    2. the language of the Inuit, a member of the Eskimo-Aleut family comprising a variety of dialects.

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