Inuktun
Inuit language of northwestern Greenland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Inuktun (English: Polar Inuit, Greenlandic: avanersuarmiutut, Danish: nordgrønlandsk, polarinuitisk, thulesproget) is the language of approximately 1,000 indigenous Inughuit (Polar Inuit), inhabiting the world's northernmost settlements in Qaanaaq and the surrounding villages in northwestern Greenland.[3]
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Inuktun | |
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Polar Inuit | |
avanersuarmiutut[1] | |
Native to | Greenland Kingdom of Denmark |
Region | Avanersuaq |
Ethnicity | Inughuit |
Native speakers | (800–1,000 cited 1995)[2] |
Eskaleut
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Early forms | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Greenland |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | pola1254 Polar Eskimo |
Inuit dialects. Inuktun is the brown area ("Avanersuaq") in the northwest of Greenland. | |
North Greenlandic is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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