Compare two dialects of Inuktitut side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Polar Eskimo · Avanersuarmiutut
The Inuit language of north-western Greenland around Qaanaaq, the world's northernmost Indigenous language community. Linguistically closer to Canadian Inuktitut than to Kalaallisut.
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.
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