Some of the dictionaries I looked at said that Inuit is a family of languages, and that any of the languages in that family could also be called Inuit. I don't have an opinion either way, but that's their claim.
Hmm ... well, okay, being where "Inuit" is the Eskimo word for "Eskimo," and the language family is Eskimo-Aleut with sub-genera (surprise, surprise) Aleut and Eskimo, I guess you could technically call "Inuit" a family of languages. Technically.
and that any of the languages in that family could also be called Inuit
But that seems to me like saying any of the languages in the Celto-Italic family (including French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Romansh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish, Welsh, Breton -- you get the idea) could also be called Latin.
On the other hand, I'm a student, not an expert. So what do I know. :-)
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Some of the dictionaries I looked at said that Inuit is a family of languages, and that any of the languages in that family could also be called Inuit. I don't have an opinion either way, but that's their claim.
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Hmm ... well, okay, being where "Inuit" is the Eskimo word for "Eskimo," and the language family is Eskimo-Aleut with sub-genera (surprise, surprise) Aleut and Eskimo, I guess you could technically call "Inuit" a family of languages. Technically.
and that any of the languages in that family could also be called Inuit
But that seems to me like saying any of the languages in the Celto-Italic family (including French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Romansh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish, Welsh, Breton -- you get the idea) could also be called Latin.
On the other hand, I'm a student, not an expert. So what do I know. :-)