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Kalaallisut  

Definition

  • Kalaallisut, also known as West Greenlandic, is the official language of Greenland. It is spoken by the majority of the inhabitants of Greenland, as well as by thousands of Greenlandic Inuit in Denmark. The standard form of Greenlandic is based on Kalaallisut, which is one of three Inuit varieties in Greenland (the other two being Tunumiisut (East Greenlandic) and Inuktun (North Greenlandic or Polar Inuit)). All three belong to the Inuit branch of the Eskaleut language family, which stretches across the Arctic from Siberia via Canada to Greenland. Eskaleut languages are polysynthetic, allowing the creation of long words by stringing together roots and suffixes so that a whole sentence can be rendered as a single word.

Entry terms

  • Greenlandic

Identifier

  • KAL

Notation

  • kal
  • kl
  • KL

In other languages

  • калааллисут

    Bulgarian

  • гренландски
  • kalaallisut

    Croatian

  • grenlandski
  • Kalaallisut

    Czech

  • grónština
  • Kalaallisut

    Danish

  • grønlandsk
  • Kalaallisut

    Dutch

  • Groenlands
  • kalaallisut

    Estonian

  • grööni keel
  • kalaallisut

    Finnish

  • grönlanti
  • kalaallisut

    French

  • groenlandais
  • Kalaallisut

    German

  • Grönländisch
  • καλααλλισούτ

    Greek

  • γροιλανδικά
  • kalaallisut

    Hungarian

  • grönlandi
  • kalaallisut

    Icelandic

  • grænlenska
  • Kalaallisut

    Irish

  • Graonlainnis
  • kalaallisut

    Italian

  • groenlandese
  • Kalaallisut

    Kalaallisut

  • kalālisuta

    Latvian

  • grenlandiešu valoda
  • kalaallisutų

    Lithuanian

  • grenlandų kalba
  • калааллисут

    Macedonian

  • гренланд
  • kalaallisut

    Maltese

  • Groenlandiż
  • kalaallisut

    Norwegian

  • grønlandsk
  • kalaallisut

    Polish

  • grenlandzki
  • kalaallisut

    Portuguese

  • groenlandês
  • kalaallisut

    Romanian

  • groenlandeză
  • гренландия

    Russian

  • калааллисут

    Serbian

  • гренландски
  • калааллисут

    Serbo-Croatian

  • grenlandski
  • kalaallisut

    Slovak

  • grónčina
  • kalaallisut

    Slovenian

  • grenlandščina
  • kalaallisut

    Spanish

  • groenlandés
  • kalaallisut

    Swedish

  • grönländska
  • kalaallisut

    Turkish

  • калааллісут

    Ukrainian

  • гренландська мова
  • kalaallisut

    Upper Sorbian

  • grönlandšćina

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KAL

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