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Kalaallisut

Kalaallisut is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Greenland and Denmark. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Kalaallisut · 69.4°N 52.9°W

Kalaallisut (lit. 'language of the Kalaallit'), also known as West Greenlandic (Danish: vestgrønlandsk), is the primary and 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 proper (in total, approximately 50,000 people). It was historically spoken in the southwestern part of Greenland, i.e. the region around Nuuk, as opposed to the related Greenlandic languages in the northwestern and eastern parts of the island. It has been an official language of Greenland since the 18th century, and the sole official language since 2009.

From Wikipedia · West Greenlandic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Inuit tamarmik inunngorput nammineersinnaassuseqarlutik assigiimmillu ataqqinassuseqarlutillu pisinnaatitaaffeqarlutik. Solaqassusermik tarnillu nalunngissusianik pilersugaapput, imminnullu iliorfigeqatigiittariaqaraluarput qatanngutigiittut peqatigiinnerup anersaavani.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Kalaallisut

MeaningWordRomanization
motheranaana
fatherataata
childmeeraq
manangut
womanarnaq
personinuk
nameateq
friendikinngut
eyeisi
earsiut
noseqingaq
toothkigut
tongueoqaq
handassak
heartuummat
headniaqoq
bloodaak
bonesaaneq
skinameq
kneeseeqqoq
breastiviangeq
livertinguk
waterimeq
fireinneq
sunseqineq
moonqaammat
starulloriaq
rainsialuk
snowaput
windanori

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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