Tunumiisut
Language of the Tunumiit in East Greenland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Tunumiisut | |
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tunumiisut | |
Native to | East Greenland |
Ethnicity | Tunumiit |
Native speakers | (3,000–3,500 cited 1995)[1] |
Eskaleut
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Early forms | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | tunu1234 |
IETF | kl-tunumiit |
Map of the Inuit languages; Tunumiisut is grey. | |
East Greenlandic is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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