The Greenlandic Language! (and a brief history of Greenland) - SpeechLeech 'G'

Info/Resources

Fortescue Michael. (1984). Learning to speak Greenlandic: a case study of a two-year-old’s morphology in a polysynthetic language. SageJournals.

Lily Kahn, Riitta-Liisa Valijarvi. (2021). West Greenlandic An Essential Grammar

Jean-Michel Huctin. (2010). Greenland Inuits and problems in language teaching
https://www.sorosoro.org/en/2015/09/g...

UN. (2021). The politics of language in Greenland
https://unric.org/en/the-politics-of-...

Oqaasileriffik.gl (Translation/resources website)

Ordbog.gl (Translation/resources website)

iserasuaat.gl/daka/ (Greenlandic/Danish word corpus)

L. Khan. (2020). The linguistic landscape of Nuuk, Greenland. UCL.

CBC News. (2014). Inuit were not the first people to settle in the Arctic
https://web.archive.org/web/201509241...

Alex Matthew Stefanelli. (2019). Consonant gemination in West Greenlandic. University of Montreal.

Kate Allen. (2014). When science meets aboriginal oral history. Toronto Star.
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/...

  / tulunnguaq  
(Learn Greenlandic)

Lola Privat Klint. (2020). The Greenlandic Paradox: Greenlandic autonomy under Danish monarchy. Malmo University.

  / learngreenlandic   (Learn greenlandic)

Anna Berge. (1997). Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions. UC Berkeley.

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uta.lk/shawn (not sure if it still works, but if it does, you get 30% off!)


0:00 - Intro
0:20 - History of Greenland & Greenlanders
06:53 - Dialects, Orthography & Grammar
14:47 - I speak Greenlandic
17:31 - Conclusion
18:35 - Final thoughts & sources
20:17 - Nalunaarasuartaateeraaranngualioqatigiiffissualioriataallaqqissupilorujussuanngortartuinnakasinngortinniamisaalinnguatsiaraluallaqqooqigaminngamiaasiinngooq


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