Language

            The Eskimo language has two different spoken dialects. One dialect is called Yupik which is spoken in Siberia and southwestern Alaska. Yupik consists of five different dialects within it. The other is a dialect continuum called Inuit, spoken in Greenland, Canada, and northern Alaska. “The distinctiveness can be seen in the variety of language names; in “Greenland it’s called Kalaallisut (“the Greenlandic way”), that of eastern Canada Inukitut, that of western Canada Inkitun (“in the Inuit way”), and that of North Alaska Inupiaq (“real person”)” (Eskimo-Aleut Languages 2013).

 A written system for the Eskimo language was established using both symbols and roman writing (with the Latin alphabet) originally by Christian missionaries who were looking for a way to convert the bible to their language. In 1976, the Inuit Cultural Institute (ICI) approved the new writing system so that the Eskimo people has a standardized writing method, this is still used today. 

English	Central Yupik	Iñupiatun	North Baffin Inuktitut	Kalaallisut
person	yuk	iñuk [iɲuk]	inuk	inuk
frost	kaneq	kaniq	kaniq	kaneq
river	kuik	kuuk	kuuk	kuuk
outside	ellami	siḷami [siʎami]	silami	silami

Bibliography:

2013 Eskimo-Aleut languages
      http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/192563/Eskimo-Aleut-languages. Accessed on 11/1/13

2013 Inuit Languages
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_languages. Accessed on 11/1/13

2013 Inuktitut Tusaalanga
      http://www.tusaalanga.ca/node/2505. Accessed on 11/1/13