The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Arctic Region
Languages Greenland, in 36 editions.
The entry for Greenland published Languages in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Languages in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 6
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Language” (1990 to 1991) and “Languages” (1992 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Language”
Eskimo dialects, Danish
Eskimo dialects, Danish
The same text in 5 editions, 1992 to 1996.
Eskimo dialects, Danish
Eskimo dialects, Danish
The same text in 3 editions, 1997 to 1999.
- Eskimo dialects,
- Danish,
- Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect)
Eskimo dialects, Danish Danish, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect)
The same text in 9 editions, 2000 to 2008.
- Greenlandic (East Inuit),
- Danish,
- English
Eskimo dialects, Danish, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect) (East Inuit), Danish, English
The same text in 2009 and 2010.
- Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official),
- Danish,
- English
Greenlandic (East Inuit), Inuit) (official), Danish, English
The same text in 8 editions, 2011 to 2018.
- Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official),
- Danish (official),
- English
Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish, Danish (official), English
The same text in 5 editions, 2019 to 2023.
- Greenlandic (West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut is the official language),
- Danish,
- English
Greenlandic (East Inuit) (official), Danish (official), (West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut is the official language), Danish, English
The same text in 2024 and 2025.
- Greenlandic,
- Danish,
- English
note: West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut is the official language; Tunumiisut (East Greenlandic) and Inuktun (Polar Inuit Greenlandic) are considered dialects of Kalaallisut and spoken by about 10% of Greenlanders
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
Greenlandic, Danish, English
note: West Greenlandic or Kalaallisut is the official language; Tunumiisut (East Greenlandic) and Inuktun (Polar Inuit Greenlandic) are considered dialects of Kalaallisut and spoken by about 10% of Greenlanders
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Greenland: Languages.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/greenland/languages.