Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Eskaleut Family of Languages -- 2 The Inuit Language -- 3 The Nunavik Dialect of Inuktitut -- 4 The Prehistory of the Inuit Language -- 5 Historical Sources and Linguistic Change -- 6 Semantics, Neology, and Oral Literature -- 7 Literacy and Formal Education -- 8 Language Contact and Bilingualism -- 9 The Current Status of the Inuit Language -- 10 Conclusion: Language and Identity in the Arctic -- APPENDICES -- 1 The Possessive Noun Declension (Nunavik Inuktitut) -- 2 The Grammatical Endings of Verbs (Nunavik Inuktitut) -- 3 Categories of Lexical Affixes with Nunavik Inuktitut Examples -- 4 Inuit First and Home Languages in Inuit nunaat (Canada) in 2006 -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.