Tunumiisut
Sign in to saveAlso known as East Greenlandic, Tunumiisiut, Tunumiit language, Tunumiit dialect, Eastern Greenlandic
' (), also known as East Greenlandic' (), is an Eskaleut language spoken by the Tunumiit in East Greenland. Researchers vary on whether to treat Tunumiit as a dialect within a Greenlandic dialect continuum, or if its differences are sufficient to consider it a distinct language. 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.
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- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Greenlandic
- Country
- Greenland
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- linguistic typology
- ergative–absolutive language
- indigenous to
- Tunumiit
- dialect of
- Greenlandic
- writing system
- Latin script
- native label
- Tunumiisut
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' (), also known as East Greenlandic' (), is an Eskaleut language spoken by the Tunumiit in East Greenland. Researchers vary on whether to treat Tunumiit as a dialect within a Greenlandic dialect continuum, or if its differences are sufficient to consider it a distinct language. 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.
==Classification== Tunumiisut is a member of the Inuit–Yupik–Unangan (Eskaleut) language family, which stretches across the Arctic from Siberia to Greenland. It is a member of the Inuit branch of the language family. Tunumiisut is one of three Inuit languages within Greenland, alongside Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) and Inuktun (North Greenlandic or Polar Inuit).
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