Kalaallisut
Proper noun
Meaning
Kalaallisut
The Greenlandic Inuit language, spoken in Greenland.
Specifically the West Greenlandic dialect, spoken by the majority of the inhabitants of Greenland.
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Examples
A debate about the role of Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) and Danish in future society is ongoing.
In Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) for example, the ergative case is used to mark subjects of transitive verbs and possessors of nouns.
Rasmussen spent his early years in Greenland among the Kalaallit (Inuit) where he learned from an early age to speak the language ( Kalaallisut ), hunt, drive dog sleds and live in harsh Arctic conditions.