The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 14,000 speakers out of 17,500 population (1991 L. Kaplan). |
| Region | West of Hudson Bay and east through Baffin Island, Quebec, and Labrador. |
| Alternate names | EASTERN CANADIAN 'ESKIMO', EASTERN ARCTIC 'ESKIMO', INUIT |
| Dialects | BAFFINLAND 'ESKIMO', LABRADOR 'ESKIMO', QUEBEC 'ESKIMO.' |
| Classification | Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo, Inuit. |
| Comments | In Labrador the youngest speakers average over 20 years old, except for possibly a few children at Nain. Vigorous except in Labrador, where less than half are speakers. In Northern Quebec and the Northwest Territories to the Central Arctic, it is spoken by over 90% of the population. Inuit is the name of the people, Inuktitut of the language. Literacy rate in first language: 10% to 30%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. Bible 1826-1871. |
