The singular of Inuit

[HJJACOBSON at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/18/2005 6:02:38 PM Pacific Standard Time,
bckcdb at ISTAR.CA writes:

> * Inuit is the collective, the singular is Inuk; announcers on the CBC
> are routinely chastised by e-mail for using "Inuits" as the plural.
> There are also liguistic divides within the Eskimoan languages in
> Alaska, which made it more politic to use the foriegn (Canadian
> Algonquian 'eater of raw meat') name rather than choosing a local native
> name to import into US English.
>
>
 Thank you for the clairification.

Herb