| tunumiisut | |
|---|---|
| Native to | East Greenland |
| Ethnicity | Tunumiit |
Native speakers | (3,000–3,500 cited 1995) [1] |
Eskaleut
| |
Early forms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog |
tunu1234 |
| IETF | kl-tunumiit |
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 East Greenlandic is classified as Definitely Endangered by the
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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
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^ 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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