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  2. Greenlandic language - Wikipedia

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    The language of the Inughuit (Thule Inuit) of Greenland, Inuktun or Polar Eskimo, is a recent arrival and a dialect of Inuktitut. Greenlandic is a polysynthetic language that allows the creation of long words by stringing together roots and suffixes.

  3. Greenlandic Inuit - Wikipedia

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    Kalaallisut is the official language of Greenland. [9] It is the western variety of the Greenlandic language, which is one of the Inuit languages within the Eskimo-Aleut family. [10] Kalaallisut is taught in schools and used widely in Greenlandic media.

  4. Inuit languages - Wikipedia

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    By 1300, the Inuit and their language had reached western Greenland, and finally east Greenland roughly at the same time the Viking colonies in southern Greenland disappeared. It is generally believed that it was during this centuries-long eastward migration that the Inuit language became distinct from the Yupik languages spoken in Western ...

  5. Languages of Greenland - Wikipedia

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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).

  6. Kalaallit - Wikipedia

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    As 84% of Greenland's landmass is covered by the Greenland ice sheet, Kalaallit live in three regions: Polar, Eastern, and Western. In the 1850s some Canadian Inuit migrated to Greenland and joined the Polar Inuit communities. [9] The Eastern Inuit, or Tunumiit, live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called Ammassalik.

  7. Inuit - Wikipedia

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    As Inuktitut was the language of the Eastern Canadian Inuit [80] and Kalaallisut is the language of the Western Greenlandic Inuit, [81] they are related more closely than most other dialects. [89] Inuit in Alaska and Northern Canada also typically speak English. [90] In Greenland, Inuit also speak Danish and learn English in school. Inuit in ...

  8. Greenland profile - AOL

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    An overview of Greenland, including key dates and facts about this autonomous Danish territory. ... Read more country profiles ... or Western Greenlandic status of official language in place of ...

  9. Greenlanders - Wikipedia

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    Greenlanders (Greenlandic: Kalaallit), also called Greenlandics or Greenlandic people, [11] are an Inuit ethnic group native to Greenland. They speak Greenlandic, an Eskaleut language. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Danish Realm, and its citizens hold Danish nationality.