Paleo-Eskimo

== English == === Alternative forms === Palaeo-Eskimo, Palaeoeskimo Paleoeskimo === Etymology === From paleo- (“old, primeval”) +‎ Eskimo. The scholar David J. Meltzer writes that the people are "badly named: there is nothing to indicate they are ancestral Eskimo or spoke an Eskimo language; today's Eskimo refer to them as the Tuniit". === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌpeɪlioʊˈɛskɪmoʊ/ === Noun === Paleo-Eskimo pl (plural only) The inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and peoples. === See also === Neoeskimo Paleo-Eskimo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References ===