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The official language of Greenland is Greenlandic.The number of speakers of Greenlandic is estimated at 50,000 (85-90% of the total population), divided in three main dialects, Kalaallisut (West-Greenlandic, 44,000 speakers and the dialect that is used as official language), Tunumiit (East-Greenlandic, 3,000 speakers) and Inuktun (North-Greenlandic, 800 speakers).
Distribution of Inuit language variants across the Arctic [image reference needed] Greenlandic was brought to Greenland by the arrival of the Thule people in the 1200s. The languages that were spoken by the earlier Saqqaq and Dorset cultures in Greenland are unknown. The first descriptions of Greenlandic date from the 1600s.
People of Greenland are both citizens of Denmark and citizens of the European Union. Approximately 89 percent of Greenland's population of 57,695 is Greenlandic Inuit, or 51,349 people as of 2012. [9] Ethnographically, they consist of three major groups: the Kalaallit of west Greenland, who speak Kalaallisut
Greenlandic language, an Inuit-Yupik-Unangan language spoken by the people of Greenland Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) Inuktun (North Greenlandic) Tunumiisut (East Greenlandic) Historically, anything relating to the Norse communities in southwestern Greenland; Greenlandic Norse, extinct language; Danish language, as spoken in Greenland
English is another important language for Greenland now taught from the first school year. [191] West Greenland has long been the most populous area of the island and home to its de facto status as the official Greenlandic language. Although around 3,000 people speak East Greenlandic (Tunumiisut) and nearly 1,000 around northern Qaanaaq speak ...
A few weeks ago, Greenland was quietly getting on with winter, as the territory slid deeper into the darkness that envelops the world’s northerly reaches at this time of year. But President ...
Greenland is the largest non-continental island [93] in the world and the third-largest area in North America, following Canada and the United States. [94] It lies between latitudes 59° and 83°N and longitudes 11° and 74°W .
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