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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Inuit language of Canada. It is the official language of Nunavut and Nunavik.

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  • proper noun the language of the Inuit people

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Inuit Inuktitut (literally, “like the Inuit, in Inuit fashion”) : inuk, human being + -titut, like, similar to.]

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From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, meaning like the inuit

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