Greenlandic, also known as Kalaallisut, is spoken by about 55,000 people in Greenland and Denmark. An agglutinative language, it forms complex words by adding suffixes to roots. Greenlandic's use of the Latin alphabet reflects a blending of traditional Inuit culture with European influences. It serves as a key aspect of Greenlandic identity and official communication.
Stats
Language Family: Inuit-Yupik-Unangan
Writing System: Latin
Writing System Type: Alphabet
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: None
Morphology: Agglutinative
Cases: 8
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: None
Number of Verb Tenses: None (Aspect-based)
Word Order: SOV
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 3
Number of Consonants: 15
Areas Where Spoken
Denmark (0.17%) (10 k)
Greenland (Denmark) (official) (79.37%) (45 k)
Resources
Dictionary
https://mofo.oqa.dk/: A dictionary of Morphemic Forms
Lessons
https://learngreenlandic.com/online/: lessons in Danish
https://www.tumblr.com/tulunnguaq/655349829507186688/i-thought-it-was-time-to-do-another-round-up: Text lessons and vocab
Textbooks
Website
https://nutserut.gl/gloss: Greenlandic sentence annotation tool
https://brazil1500.tripod.com/wodlingos/id33.html: Phrasebook
http://learn101.org/greenlandic.php: Vocab, phrases, grammar
https://ilanguages.org/greenlandic.php: Vocab, phrases, grammar
https://knr.gl/kl: News and videos
https://timarit.is/?lang=kl: Things to read
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/nanook-lyrics.html: Song lyrics with English translations
https://tusaalanga.ca/: Lessons, grammar, dialogues
YouTube
Channels
Visit Greenland: Culture
Malu Lynge: Culture
Q's Greenland: Culture, vocab
Drude Aviaja Becky Larsen: Grammar (in Danish)
Playlists