How to count in Greenlandic (Kalaallisut), an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Greenland and Denmark. The old Greenlandic numbers from 13 are shown here but are no longer used - Danish numbers are used instead (in brackets and italic).
Key to abbreviations: NG = Northern Greenlandic, SG = Southern Greenlandic, counting = used when counting 1, 2, 3 etc, time = used when telling time, obj = used when counting objects
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
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0 | nuulu | |
1 | ataaseq | siulleq |
2 | marluk | aappaa |
3 | pingasut | pingajuat |
4 | sisamat | sisamaat |
5 | tallimat | tallimaat |
6 | arfineq (counting/time) arfinillit (obj) |
arfernat |
7 | arfineq marluk | arfineq aappaat |
8 | arfineq pingasut | arfineq pingajuat |
9 | qulingiluat (counting/time) NG qualaaluat (obj) NG qulaaluat - SG |
qulingiluaat |
10 | qulit | qulingat - NG qulingi - SG |
11 | aqqaneq (counting/time) aqqanillit (obj) isikkaneq (counting/time) NG isikkanillit (obj) NG |
aqqarnat |
12 | aqqaneq marluk isikkaneq marluk - NG |
aqqaneq aappaat |
13 | aqqaneq pingasut (tretten) |
aqqaneq pingajuat |
14 | aqqaneq sisamat (fjorten) |
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15 | aqqaneq tallimat (femten) |
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16 | arfersanillit (seksten) |
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17 | arfersaneq marluk (sytten) |
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18 | arfersaneq pingasut (atten) |
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19 | arfersaneq sisamat (nitten) |
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20 | arvirsani tallimat (tyve) |
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100 | untriti, hundredi | |
1,000 | tuusinti |
Hear some Greenlandic numbers:
Information about Greenlandic numbers
http://learn101.org/greenlandic_numbers.php
https://wikitravel.org/en/Greenlandic_phrasebook
https://www.purposegames.com/game/greenlandic-clock-numbers-game
https://learngreenlandic.tumblr.com/post/151295635000/greenlandic-lesson-6
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Greenlandic | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Greenlandic language resources on Amazon
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