• PEOPLE CLUSTER: INUIT


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 12

Population: 158,600

Unreached people groups: 5

UPG population: 42,300

Unengaged UPGs: 4

UUPG population: 39,800

Number of countries: 4


Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples

Overview: The Inuit, also known as Inuktitut, are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, the United States and Russia. Inuit languages are classified under the Eskimo-Aleut family. The term 'Eskimo' is commonly used in the United States, however native communities in Canada and Greenland view 'Eskimo' as derogatory and prefer 'Inuit'. The Inuit people cluster encompasses several ethnic and linguistic varieties of Inuit.

Peoples within this cluster: Aleut, Eastern; Inuit Creole; Inuit, Eastern Canadian; Inuit, Western Canadian; Inuktitut, Greenlandic; Inupiat, North Alaskan; Inupiat, Northwest Alaska; Yupik, Central; Yupik, Central Siberian; Yupik, Pacific

Countries where they are found: Canada; Denmark; Greenland; United States


People groups: 12

Population: 158,600

Unreached people groups: 5

UPG population: 42,300

Unengaged UPGs: 4

UUPG population: 39,800

Number of countries: 4