PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: inuit@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresmokinliverlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months 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-up15·2 months 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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