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The Inuit population makes up approximately 85–90% of the total (2009 est.). 6,792 people from Denmark live in Greenland, which is 12% of its total population. In recent years, Greenland experienced a significant increase in immigration from Asia, especially from the Philippines, Thailand, and China.
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 .
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
Greenland [e] is an autonomous territory [f] in the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] [16] It is the largest of three constituent parts of the kingdom, the other two being metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands; the citizens of all territories are full citizens of Denmark. Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European ...
Avanersuarmiut , north Greenland; Tunumiit, east Greenland; Inuvialuit, western Canadian Arctic; Iñupiat, north and northwest Alaska; Yupik peoples , Alaska and Russia Alutiiq (Sugpiaq, Pacific Yupik), Alaska Peninsula, coastal and island areas of south central Alaska; Central Alaskan Yup'ik people, west central Alaska
Greenlandic Americans are often categorized as Scandinavian or Danish Americans, because of Greenland's status as an autonomous territory of Denmark. Some are in fact of Danish descent, though many are of Inuit ancestry, which is culturally distinct despite geographic similarities.
Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. “The study opens the door into a past that has basically ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Greenlandic This category exists only as a container for other categories of Greenlandic women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.