Vainuiti (Chiinuiti.ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'vanhu', paumodza: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, pauwandu: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ) iboka revanhu vachidza vane tsika dzakafanana vanogara muAkitiki uye marhijoni e udzikaakitiki (subarctic) e Girinilendi, Kanadha, Araska (Amerika). Mitauro ye Chiinuiti chikamu cheEskimo-Aleuti mitauro inozivikanwawo seInuit-Yupik-Unangan kana seEskaleut. Mutauro we chiInuiti wechiSaini uri munjodzi zvakanyanya nekuti mutauro uriwoga unoshandiswa muNunavhuti.

Mukadzi wechiInuiti
Mwana na amai wake

Vainuiti vanogara munzvimbo zhinji dzeMaodzanyemba eKanadha munharaunda yeNunavut, Nunavik kumaodzanyemba kwechitatu kweKebheki, Nunatsiavut ne NunatuKavut muRabhuredha (Labrador), uye munzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeMateritori ekuMaodzanyembaemadokero, kunyanya dzakatenderedza Gungwa re Akitiki, muRhijoni ye Ugariri ye Inuvialuit. Kunze kweNunatuKavut, nzvimbo idzi dzinozivikanwa, kunyanya na Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, saInuit Nunangat. MuKanadha, zvikamu 25 uye 35 zveConstitution Act ya 1982 rinoisa Inuit seboka rakasiyana reVachiga weKanadha vasina kubatanidzwa pasi peVadhidhiza voKutanga kana Vametisi.

MaVainuiti vekuGirinilendi zvizvarwa zvekutama kweVathule kubva kuKanadha ne1100 MK. Kunyangwe Girinilendi yakabuda muNzanga dze Yuropu muna 1985, Vainuiti veGirinilendi vasanyika veDhenimaki uye, nekudaro, vanoramba vari vasanyika vemutanidzwa we Yuropu.

MuAmerika, Vainupiati veAlaska vanowanzowanikwa muMaodzanyembaemadokero eBorough reAkitiki, Alaska North Slope, uye Little Diomede Island.