Alternate Names: Greenlandic, Kalaallisut
Dialects: East Greenlandic, Iniktun (Inuktun, North Greenlandic, “Polar Eskimo” (pej.), Thule Inuit), West Greenlandic. Dialects border on being different languages (1995 M. Krauss).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 50,000 in Greenland (2007 I. Larsen). 3,000 East Greenlandic, 44,000 West Greenlandic, 800 North Greenlandic. Population total all countries: 57,000.
Language Use: Vigorous in Greenland. Also use Danish [dan].
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. Bible: 1900.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Denmark