Tunumiit
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (3,000 (2012)[1]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Greenland | |
| Languages | |
| Tunumiit, Danish[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Inuit religion, Evangelical Lutheran | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Greenlandic Inuit |
Tunumiit are Greenlandic Inuit from Tunu, the eastern part of Greenland. The Tunummiit are a part of the Arctic peoples known collectively as the Inuit.
Northern and Western Greenlanders call themselves Inughuit and Kalaallit, respectively. About 80% to 88% of Greenland's population, or approximately 44,000 to 50,000 people identify as being Inuit.[2][3]
Language
The Tunumiit language, also called East Greenlandic and Tunumiit oraasiat, is dialect of Greenlandic. (The official language of Greenland is a different dialect of Greenlandic, Kalaallisut; the Inughuit speak Inuktun, which is more closely related to Inuktitut, which is spoken in Canada)
Region
The Eastern Inuit, or Tunumiit, live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called Ammassalik. Hunters can hunt marine mammals from kayaks throughout the year.[4]
Art
An angakkuq or spirit healer named Mitsivarniannga from Ammassalik Island created a tupilaq "evil spirit object," for a visiting European in 1905. When no harm befell him for creating and showing this object to an outsider, others began making tupilait, which evolved into a popular art form.[5] Traditional art-making practices thrive on Ammassalik Island.[2]
See also
Notes
- 1 2 "Inuktitut, Greenlandic." http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kal. Accessed 3 Feb 2014.
- 1 2 Hessel, 20
- ↑ Baldacchino, Godfrey (2006). Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-044656-1.
- ↑ Hessell 11
- ↑ Nacheva, Velina. "An average artistic day in Greenland." The Sofia Echo. November 29, 2001. Accessed 3 February 2014.
References
- Hessel, Ingo. Arctic Spirit. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 2006 ISBN 978-1-55365-189-5
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