Tunumiisut
Language of the Tunumiit in East Greenland
Tunumiisut | |
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tunumiisut | |
Native to | East Greenland |
Ethnicity | Tunumiit |
Native speakers | (3,000–3,500 cited 1995)[1] |
Language family | Eskaleut
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Early forms | Proto-Eskimo–Aleut
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | tunu1234 |
IETF | kl-tunumiit |
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![]() East Greenlandic is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Tunumiisut (lit. 'language of the Tunumiit'), also known as East Greenlandic (Danish: østgrønlandsk), is the language of the Tunumiit in East Greenland. It is generally categorised as a dialect of Greenlandic, but verges on being a distinct language.[2][3] 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.
References
- ^ 3,000 in Greenland, and perhaps 20% more in Denmark. Greenlandic at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ Nicole Tersis, in Variations on polysynthesis: the Eskaleut languages Ch. 4
- ^ Mennecier, Philippe (1995). Le tunumiisut, dialecte inuit du Groenland oriental: description et analyse. Collection linguistique, 78 (in French). Société de linguistique de Paris, Peeters Publishers.
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