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Languages of Greenland

The Linguasphere Register records 4 entries for Greenland, spread across 2 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

4Register entries
2Sectors present
2Zones
1Language entries

5= INDO-EUROPEAN 6= NORTH-AMERICA

Register entries recorded in Greenland

CodeEntryLevelNote
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52-AAA-cbriks-danskInnerriksdansk, "formal" dansk, "formal danish". riks-dansk =«danish of the kingdom».
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
60=ARCTICZoneCovers the "West Arctic", Inuit+Aleut ("Eskimo"+Aleut) or Attu + Kalaallisut set.

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.