The Inuit
The best-known inhabitants of the entire arctic region - including Greenland - are the Inuit. ^[1] There are a large number of regional subcultures within the enormous Inuit distribution area. These peoples have adapted to their specific, local natural environments, and this adaptation has given rise to differences in the means of subsistence, language, and material culture.

Nonetheless, language is a major linking factor between the various groups. From Greenland to Siberia, the Inuit speak variants of one language - Inuktitut. There are no great mutual differences between the regional dialects of neighbouring groups, but the further the distance between groups, the greater the differences. Even though the Inuit of East Greenland and the Inuit of Siberia share a language, they are barely able (if at all) to comprehend each others' speech. In contrast the Inuit of West Greenland and those of Alaska have less difficulty in understanding one another.
 

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