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The most prominent Greenlandic dialect is Kalaallisut, which is the official language of Greenland. The name Kalaallisut is often used as a cover term for all of Greenlandic.
- Eskaleut Languages
The Eskaleut (/ ɛ ˈ s k æ l i uː t / e-SKAL-ee-oot),...
- Greenland
Etymology Greenland visible from space. Arctic sea ice is...
- Inuit Languages
to hear -tsiaq- well -junnaq- be able to -nngit- not...
- Inuktun
Geographic distribution. Apart from the town of Qaanaaq,...
- West Greenlandic
Kalaallisut (lit. ' language of the Kalaallit '), also known...
- Kalaallit
Kalaallit are a Greenlandic Inuit ethnic group, being the...
- Eskaleut Languages
There are three main dialects: West Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), East Greenlandic (Tunumiisut / Tunumiit oraasiat) and North Greenlandic (Avanersuarmiutut). West Greenlandic is spoken by 53,000 people (in 1995) in Nuuk, Sisimiut and Kangerussuaq. It is has been the official language of the Greenlandic autonomous territory since 2009 - before then ...
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Kalaallisut, also known as West Greenlandic, is the primary language of Greenland and constitutes the Greenlandic language, spoken by the vast majority of the inhabitants of Greenland, as well as by thousands of Greenlandic Inuit in Denmark proper.
Kalaallisut or, in English, Greenlandic, is the standard dialect and official language of Greenland. This standard national language is now taught to all Greenlanders in school, regardless of their native dialect. It is related to Inuktitut.
Kalaallisut is the official national language of Greenland and is taught in schools as well as spoken in Inuit homes-- nearly the entire population of Greenland is fluent in Kalaallisut. It is a highly polysynthetic agglutinating language , using long words with many suffixes.
