Ask us

Oqaasiliortut - the Greenland Language Council and Oqaasileriffik - Greenland Language Secretariat response team

If you are in doubt, or have questions regarding the Greenlandic language, you can write to our response team. You can ask about:

  • what a word means
  • what a Greenlandic name means
  • which expression/term is correct
  • the origins of a word
  • how a word is pronouned
  • how to understand a sentence

You can also 

  • supply us with a suggestion to a new Greenlandic word/term
  • inform us about a Greenlandic place name
  • request to have a Greenlandic name registered or approved

We receive many questions during the year. It may take some time before you receive an answer to your question.

Anyone can receive answers, and it is free. Write to

Oqaasileriffik@gh.gl

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Results
18 November
The book can be ordered by contacting Ilinniusiorfik

6 May
Oqaasileriffik has recently released an annual report for 2007 and 2008. It can be obtained under ´Oqaasileriffik´s publications´.

26 March
Schultz Lorentzen's 'Dictionary of the West Greenland Eskimo Language' is now available for download in Excel. (See: Language database)

7 March
A Telephone Phrase Book for Danish speakers, can be downloaded for free under 'publications'