GREENLANDIC DIALECT CLASSIFICATION

Abstract

Geographically not strictly part of Europe, Greenland is still part of the Danish Kingdom.Consequently, Greenlandic is a language spoken in (geopolitical) Europe.The dialects and sub-dialects of Greenlandic Eskaleut, which form part of a wider language continuum that stretches across the Arctic coastal regions from North Alaska to East Greenland are described.There are three main Greenlandic dialects -West Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), East Greenlandic (Tunumiisut) and Polar Eskimo (Inuktun), but only one official written language (Kalaallisut), which is the language of literature, the media, the church and higher education.The majority of the population speaks Central West Greenlandic.The dialect classification is based exclusively on linguistic (mainly phonological) grounds.

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