Kalaallisut

E79279
Eskimo–Aleut language Greenlandic language Inuit language language

Kalaallisut is the Greenlandic Inuit language, an Eskimo–Aleut tongue spoken primarily in Greenland and serving as the territory’s official language.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Greenlandic 15
Kalaallisut canonical 10
Greenlandic language 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language ⓘ
Greenlandic language ⓘ
Inuit language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greenlandic ⓘ
Kalaallisut ⓘ
surface form: West Greenlandic
closelyRelatedTo Inuinnaqtun ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
Inupiaq ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment in noun morphology ⓘ
hasDialects Kalaallisut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central West Greenlandic

North Greenlandic ⓘ
Kalaallisut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Greenlandic
hasMorphologicalFeature extensive use of suffixes ⓘ
incorporation of nouns into verbs ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature limited consonant inventory ⓘ
long and short vowels ⓘ
ISO639-1Code kl ⓘ
ISO639-2Code kal ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kal ⓘ
languageBranch Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
surface form: Eskimo–Aleut
languageSubbranch Inuit ⓘ
morphologicalType polysynthetic ⓘ
nativeName kalaallisut ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Greenland ⓘ
partOf Greenlandic cultural identity ⓘ
region Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic

North America ⓘ
regulatedBy Oqaasileriffik ⓘ
spokenIn Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
standardizedIn 20th century ⓘ
subclassOf Agglutinative language ⓘ
Head-marking language ⓘ
Nominative–accusative language ⓘ
Polysynthetic language ⓘ
SOV language ⓘ
typicalWordOrder SOV ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca within Greenland ⓘ
uses administration in Greenland ⓘ
daily communication in Greenland ⓘ
education in Greenland ⓘ
media in Greenland ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inuit → speaks → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Greenland → officialLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Eskimo–Aleut languages → majorLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Kalaallisut → alsoKnownAs → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Greenlandic
Kalaallisut → hasDialects → Kalaallisut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central West Greenlandic
Kalaallisut → hasDialects → Kalaallisut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Greenlandic
Inuktun → hasAlternativeName → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Greenlandic
Inuktun → closelyRelatedTo → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Inuktun → influencedBy → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Inuit Circumpolar Council → languageUsed → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Nuuk → officialLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Inuit languages → hasPart → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic language
Inuit languages → hasPart → Kalaallisut ⓘ
North American language family → includes → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic language
Avanersuaq region → hasLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Thule area → indigenousLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Qaanaaq → hasLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Qaqortoq → hasOfficialLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Government of Greenland → languageOfWorkOrName → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Oqaasileriffik → focusesOn → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Oqaasileriffik → focusesOn → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic grammar
Kingdom of Denmark as a sovereign state → recognizedLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Denmark
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic language
Proto-Inuit → hasDescendant → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Proto-Inuit → hasDescendant → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Greenland Provincial Council → languageOfWorkOrName → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Tasiilaq → hasLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Ministry of Environment and Nature (Greenland) → languageOfWorkOrName → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Avannaata (partly) → hasOfficialLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
subject surface form: Avannaata
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Parliament of Greenland → officialLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
University of Greenland → languageOfInstruction → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
National Museum of Greenland → languageOfExhibits → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic
Nuup Kangerlua → languageOfName → Kalaallisut ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenlandic