Tunumiit dialect
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| East Greenlandic | |
|---|---|
| Tunumiit oraasiat | |
| Native to | East Greenland |
| Ethnicity | Tunumiit |
Native speakers | (3,000–3,500 cited 1995)[1] |
Eskimo–Aleut
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | tunu1234 |
| IETF | kl-tunumiit |
 Inuit dialects. Tunumiit is grey. | |
Tunumiit oraasiat or East Greenlandic (Kalaallisut: tunumiusut, East Greenlandic: tunumiisut; Danish: Østgrøndlandsk) is a variety of Greenlandic spoken in eastern Greenland by the Tunumiit. It is generally considered a divergent 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.
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.