Kalaallisut

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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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Generate an image of Kalaallisut (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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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eskimo–Aleut language ⓘ
Greenlandic language ⓘ
Inuit language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Greenlandic ⓘ
West Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
closelyRelatedTo Inuinnaqtun ⓘ
Inuktitut ⓘ
Inupiaq ⓘ
country Greenland ⓘ
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment in noun morphology ⓘ
hasDialects Central West Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut

North Greenlandic ⓘ
South Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
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 Eskimo ⓘ
linked to: Inuit
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut ⓘ
languageSubbranch Inuit ⓘ
morphologicalType polysynthetic ⓘ
nativeName kalaallisut ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers tens of thousands ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Greenland ⓘ
partOf Greenlandic cultural identity ⓘ
region Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (50)

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

Inuit → speaks → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Greenland → officialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Eskimo–Aleut languages → majorLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Kalaallisut → alsoKnownAs → West Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Kalaallisut → hasDialects → Central West Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Kalaallisut → hasDialects → South Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Inuktun → hasAlternativeName → North Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Inuktun → closelyRelatedTo → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Inuktun → influencedBy → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Nuuk → officialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Inuit languages → hasPart → Greenlandic language ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Inuit languages → hasPart → Kalaallisut ⓘ
North American language family → includes → Greenlandic language ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Avanersuaq region → hasLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Thule area → indigenousLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Qaanaaq → hasLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Qaqortoq → hasOfficialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Government of Greenland → languageOfWorkOrName → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Oqaasileriffik → focusesOn → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Oqaasileriffik → focusesOn → Greenlandic grammar ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Kingdom of Denmark → recognizedLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Greenlandic language ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Proto-Inuit → hasDescendant → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Proto-Inuit → hasDescendant → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Greenland Provincial Council → languageOfWorkOrName → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Tasiilaq → hasLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Ministry of Environment and Nature (Greenland) → languageOfWorkOrName → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Avannaata → hasOfficialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
subject linked to: Avannaata (partly)
linked to: Kalaallisut
Parliament of Greenland → officialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
University of Greenland → languageOfInstruction → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
National Museum of Greenland → languageOfExhibits → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Nuup Kangerlua → languageOfName → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
ISO/IEC 8859-10 → supportsLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
ISO/IEC 8859-13 → supportsLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
East Greenland → hasLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Nordic Council prizes → language → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Arctic Command → usesLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Avannaata municipality → languageUsed → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Pituffik → hasLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Qassimiut → hasOfficialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Saarloq → primaryLanguage → Kalaallisut ⓘ
Ikerasassuaq → hasLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Alluitsup Paa → hasLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
subject linked to: Alluitsup Paa (Nanortalik)
linked to: Kalaallisut
Qaqortoq → languageUsed → Greenlandic ⓘ
subject linked to: Qaqortoq (Julianehåb)
linked to: Kalaallisut
Naalakkersuisut → officialLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
subject linked to: Naalakkersuisut (cabinet)
linked to: Kalaallisut
Naalakkersuisut ministers → languageUsed → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Narsaq → hasLanguage → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
Nanortalik → languageSpoken → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut
IAT Greenland → languageUsed → Greenlandic ⓘ
linked to: Kalaallisut