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Tunumiisut (lit. 'language of the Tunumiit'), also known as East Greenlandic (Danish: østgrønlandsk), is the language of the Tunumiit in East Greenland. It is generally categorised as a dialect of Greenlandic, but verges on being a distinct language.
Tunumiit. Iivit or Tunumiit are Indigenous Greenlandic Inuit from Iivi Nunaa, Tunu in the area of Kangikajik and Ammassalik, the eastern part of Inuit Nunaat ( East Greenland ). The Iivit live now mainly in Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit and are a part of the Arctic people known collectively as the Inuit.
Tunumiit oraasiat or East Greenlandic (East Greenlandic: tunumiisut, Kalaallisut: tunumiusut; Danish: østgrønlandsk) is a variety of Greenlandic spoken in eastern Greenland by the Tunumiit. It is generally considered a divergent dialect of Greenlandic, but verges on being a distinct language.
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 ...
Data on Kalaallisut. Alternate Names: Greenlandic, West Greenlandic, East Greenlandic, North Greenlandic, Avanersuarmiutut, Tunumiisut. The term “Kalaallisut” refers both to the official language of Greenland, and to a dialectal variation spoken on the western coast of Greenland which forms the basis for the standard language.
Tunumiit oraasiat, (or Tunumiisut in Kalaallisut, often East Greenlandic in other languages), is the dialect of eastern Greenland. It differs sharply from other Inuit language variants and has roughly 3,000 speakers. Avanersuaq is the dialect of the area around Qaanaaq in northern Greenland.
Jul 31, 2022 · Welcome to the Languages page for the Tunumiisut (Tunumiit oraasiat). This is a page managed by Native Land Digital. Please let us know if you have any corrections or improvements we can make. Last updated on July 31, 2022
