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Greenlander, Kalaallit, Inuit — a note

Comparison

⚠ A WARNING ROW, AND THESE WORDS ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. KALAALLIT NUNAAT is the country’s own name. KALAALLIT are the Inuit people of Greenland, and the term most properly fits West Greenlanders; the Inughuit of the far north-west and the Tunumiit of the east have their own names and their own languages. GREENLANDER is a civic term for a resident, and NOT EVERY GREENLANDER IS INUIT — there is a long-settled Danish minority and other communities. INUIT covers peoples across Greenland, Canada and Alaska, and GREENLANDIC FOODWAYS ARE NOT ALL INUIT FOODWAYS NOR ALL OF THEM. The Kingdom of Denmark is a political fact and not a culinary category.

Atlas — where and when

Communities and languages

  • Kalaallit community documented
  • Inughuit community documented
  • Tunumiit community documented

Languages: Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), Tunumiisiut

What is recorded

  • Kalaallit Nunaat is Greenland’s own name; Kalaallit are its Inuit people, with the Inughuit of the north-west and Tunumiit of the east distinct in name and language; Greenlander is a civic term and not every Greenlander is Inuit; and Inuit peoples span Greenland, Canada and Alaska. These terms are not interchangeable and are modelled separately. documented

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