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What is the native language of Greenland?
Greenlandic
Greenland/Official languages
Does Greenland have its own language?
The official languages of the island are Greenlandic (also known as Kalaallisut, an Inuit language belonging to the Eskimo-Aleut language family) and Danish (a Scandinavian, or North Germanic, language); English is also spoken.
Does everyone in Greenland speak Danish?
Even though Greenlandic today is the official language, major tensions between the mother language and Danish remain. The political and administrative elites predominately speak Danish while a majority of the population – 70 percent – speaks only Greenlandic.
Who is native to Greenland?
The indigenous peoples of Greenland are Inuit and make up a majority of the Greenlandic population. Greenland is a self-governing country within the Danish Realm, and although Denmark has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Greenland’s population continue to face challenges.
What is the Greenlandic language?
Known to its speakers as Kalaallisut, Greenlandic is a member of the Eskimo-Aleut language family, which means it’s closer to the Inuit languages found in Alaska and Canada than it is to neighboring Icelandic or Danish, which are both Germanic languages.
What language do the Inuit speak in Greenland?
Greenlandic (kalaallisut) is an Eskimo–Aleut language spoken by about 56,000 Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland.
What is the name of the indigenous people of Greenland?
Greenlandic Inuit. The Greenlandic Inuit (Greenlandic: kalaallit, Danish: Grønlandsk Inuit) are the indigenous peoples and the most populous ethnic group in Greenland.
What is the official name of Greenlanders?
Northern Greenlanders call themselves Avanersuarmiut or Inughuit, and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves Tunumiit, respectively. Today, most Greenlanders are bilingual speakers of Kalaallisut and Danish and most trace their lineage to the first Inuit that came to Greenland.