Dialect comparison

Inuktitut vs Tunumiisut

Compare two dialects of Inuit side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Inuktitut

Eastern Canadian Inuktitut

The Inuit language of Nunavut and Nunavik. The largest Eastern Canadian Inuit variety and one of Nunavut's official languages, written in the Inuktitut syllabary.

Approximate centre
63.75°, -68.52°
Tunumiisut

East Greenlandic

The Inuit language of east Greenland, centred on Tasiilaq. So divergent from West Greenlandic in pronunciation and lexicon that the two are barely mutually intelligible; often classified as a separate language.

Approximate centre
65.61°, -37.64°

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