Greenlandic

American  

[green-lan-dik] / grinˈlæn dɪk /

noun

1. a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Greenland, its inhabitants, or their language.

Greenlandic British  

/ ɡriːnˈlændɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Greenland, the Greenlanders, or the Inuit dialect spoken in Greenland

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noun

1. the dialect of Inuktitut spoken in Greenland

Etymology

Origin of Greenlandic

Greenland + -ic

Example Sentences

In his comments in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Nielsen, the Greenlandic PM, said he felt that "the conversations now are in a better place than when we had our conversations through the media".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Speaking at a democracy summit in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said negotiations with the US had "taken some steps in the right direction".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Greenlandic officials expressed feeling threatened by the U.S., which previously left abandoned military bases for Denmark to clean up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The real hitch of the negotiations is ensuring the U.S. respects Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The first Greenlandic, the first Pygmy, the first Berber, the first Fijian, Bahá’ís have been enrolled, swelling the number of races represented in the Bahá’í World Community to thirty-five.

From Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 by Shoghi Effendi