Greenlandic is a polysynthetic language that allows the creation of long words by stringing together roots and suffixes. The language's morphosyntactic alignment is ergative, treating both the argument (subject) of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb in one way, but the subject of a transitive verb in another.

The official language of Greenland is Greenlandic. The number of speakers of Greenlandic is estimated at 50,000 (85–90% of the total population), divided in three main dialects, Kalaallisut (West-Greenlandic, 44,000 speakers and the dialect that is used as official language), Tunumiit (East-Greenlandic, 3,000 speakers) and Inuktun (North ...

Greenlandic has only 3 main vowels (which is typical for any Inuit language): [a], [i], [u]. However, if one of these vowels comes directly before [q] or [ʁ], their pronunciation will change to the following:

Greenlandic phonology distinguishes itself phonologically from the other Inuit languages by a series of assimilations. Greenlandic phonology allows clusters of two consonants, but phonetically, the first consonant in a cluster is assimilated to the second one resulting in a geminate consonant.

Greenlandic - English; Greenlandic - English; A … A: a’a: I need to go poo: a’arpoq oqaluut susaatsoq: goes poo-poo: aa: hey; you! ¶ uumaak-aa (uumaangaa) ⇒ You; there!: aa-at?: Is that right? aa-ila!: Oh dear! (beyond belief or astonished) aaffanniaq taggit: walrus hunter: aaffappoq oqaluut susaatsoq: catches a walrus; kills a walrus: aaffaq taggit: area for hunting caribou

2024年1月10日 · ASL: https://www.signasl.org/sign/greenland I have spent hundreds of hours researching native / indigenous name signs. Please keep in mind the following: - There may be more than one correct...

The following charts show the pronunciation for the Kalaallisut (Greenlandic Inuit) orthography we have used on our site, as well as some alternate spellings that you may find in other books and websites.

Greenlandic belongs to the group of inuit languages and is spoken in Greenland and by Greenlanders in other countries, primarily in Denmark. There are other Inuit languages in the northernmost parts of Canada and Alaska. These languages are closely related and form a continuum so that the neighboring people can easily understand each other. In

2019年3月28日 · “No Smoking” signs in Nuuk, Greenland are often in three languages: Greenlandic (Pujortarfigeqqusaanngitsoq), Danish (Røgfrit Område– literally “Smoke-free Area”) and English (No Smoking). Notice anything special about the Greenlandic version?

2020年6月17日 · The official language of Greenland is Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic). As the English name implies, there are actually several different dialects (also East Greenlandic and North Greenlandic), and the language itself is part of the Eskimo-Aleut family that is spoken across arctic Canada and Alaska.