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Tunumiisiut

Tunumiisut

Tunumiisiut is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Greenland. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Tunumiisiut · 65.6°N 37.6°W

Tunumiisut (lit. 'language of the Tunumiit'), also known as East Greenlandic (Danish: østgrønlandsk), is an Eskaleut language spoken by the Tunumiit in East Greenland. Researchers vary on whether to treat Tunumiit as a dialect within a Greenlandic dialect continuum, or if its differences are sufficient to consider it a distinct language. The largest town where it is the primary language is Tasiilaq on Ammassalik Island, with the island's name being derived from the West Greenlandic name of the town.

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