Eskimo-Aleut family
Greenlandic
c. 1300 CE – today Living
Greenlandic (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Eskimo-Aleut language. Lineage: Proto-Eskimo-Aleut → Proto-Eskimo → Proto-Inuit → Greenlandic.
See Greenlandic on the interactive map- Speakers
- 56K (56,000)
- ISO 639-3
- kal
- Glottocode
- kala1399
Kalaallisut, the sole official language of Greenland since 2009. Thule Inuit reached Greenland around 1200-1300 CE.
Lineage
- Proto-Eskimo-Aleutc. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
- Proto-Eskimoc. 500 BCE – 800 CE
- Proto-Inuitc. 1000 CE – 1300 CE
- Greenlandicc. 1300 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Inuit.