PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoInuit girl entering an igloo, Nunavut, Canada, ~1950lemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down12cross-posted to: inuit@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1338arrow-down1imageInuit girl entering an igloo, Nunavut, Canada, ~1950lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: inuit@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresmokinliverlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoI believe to have read that Inuit is the plural and Inuk the singular. I am not sure though if one is supposed to use singular or plural though in this context (like “a girl od the Inuit” or rather “a girl thats an Inuk”) Sorry for being pedantic.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoAs I understand it, Inuit is still the accepted ethnonym, in both singular and plural. So an Inuk but an Inuit girl, I think.
I believe to have read that Inuit is the plural and Inuk the singular.
I am not sure though if one is supposed to use singular or plural though in this context (like “a girl od the Inuit” or rather “a girl thats an Inuk”)
Sorry for being pedantic.
As I understand it, Inuit is still the accepted ethnonym, in both singular and plural. So an Inuk but an Inuit girl, I think.
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