Oqaasileriffik's Weekly Radio Broadcast

Every Sunday at Noon Oqaasileriffik broadcasts 'Oqaatsit' (Language), a 15 minute radioshow on the Greenlandic language.

The broadcasts are in the Greenlandic language.

You can listen to the programmes by clicking

Oqaatsit radio broadcasts

Here is a summary of the latest broadcasts

February 14th 2010
Ullumikkut sammineqassapput 2009-mi Oqaasileriffimmi nunat aqqinik suliaqarnermi suliassat assigiinngitsut suliarineqartut: Nunat aqqinik nalunaarsuilluni katersineq, immat assingisa nutarterneqartut misissorneqartarneri, Nunat Aqqinik Aalajangiisartut ataatsimiisinneri, saaffiginnissutit nunat aqqinut tunngasut, kiisalu Aatsitassanut Ikummatissanullu Pisortaqarfimmiit suliakkiissutit.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

January 31st 2010

Questions to Oqaasileriffik in 2009.
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

January 24th 2010
Questions to Oqaasileriffik and their answers.
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

Janyary 17th 2010
Questions to Oqaasileriffik and their answers, mostly about place names.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

January 10th 2010
Greenlandic first and last name ´Qapak´, and its meaning. From this word, some greenlandic names about appearance, used at the beginning of the 1800s, will be discussed.

Hosted by: Nuka Møller

December 20th 2009
Oqaasiliortut kingullermik ataatsimiinnerannit tigulaakkat:
Taaguutit atillu kittoraaserneqartarneri qanoq malittarisassaqarpat?
‘Nunap inoqqaavi’ imalt. ‘nunaqaqqaartut’, sorleq eqqorpa?
Oqaaseq ‘aliortut’ sumiorpaluutaava?
‘Fogedret’ aamma ‘hvidvask (af penge)’ kalaallisut qanoq taaguuteqassappat?. Kalaallisut aqqit Poorsimaaq aamma Eerinarteeq (eerinardeeq) qanoq-uku isumallit?”
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

December 13th 2009
Oqaatsit assigisaallu Oqaasileriffimmut saaffiginnissutaasartut, akissutaallu, tusarnaarneqarsinnaapput.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

December 6th 2009
Oqaatsit assigisaallu Oqaasileriffimmut saaffiginnissutaasartut, akissutaallu, tusarnaarneqarsinnaapput.
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen

November 22nd 2009
Oqaatsit assigisaallu Oqaasileriffimmut saaffiginnissutaasartut, akissutaallu, tusarnaarneqarsinnaapput. Ullumikkut apeqqutit assigiinngitsut tallimat akissutaat sammineqarput.
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

November 6th 2009
Oqaasiliortut oktobarip 29-anni 2009-mi ataatsimiikkamik taguutit oqaatsillu aalajangersimasut aalajangiiffigisimasaat katillugit 30 missaaniittut. 
Tamatuma saniatigut aamma tusarliutissavagut Inuit Aqqinik Akuersisartut innuttaasunit palaseqarfinnillu atitut akuerineqaqqullugit saaffiginnissutaasimasimasut pillugit novembarip tallimaani 2009-mi ataatsimiikkamik aqqit akuerisaat katillugit arfineq pingasut.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

October 25th 2009
Oqaatsit assigisaallu Oqaasileriffimmut saaffiginnissutaasartut, akissutaallu, tusarnaarneqarsinnaapput.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

September 27th 2009
Ullumikkut oqaatsinik pisoqaassusiliisarneq sammineqassaaq.
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

September 20th 2009
Oqaatsit assigisaallu Oqaasileriffimmut saaffiginnissutaasartut, akissutaallu, tusarnaarneqarsinnaapput.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

September 13th 2009
Oqaatsit assigisaallu Oqaasileriffimmut saaffiginnissutaasartut, akissutaallu, tusarnaarneqarsinnaapput. Ullumikkut sammineqartunut ilaapput - Paakorneq aammalu kalaallit aqqinut tunngassutillit apeqqutit arlariit.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

June 14th 2009
Aqissialersaarutini taaguut 'napimmak' qanoq isumaqarpa? Aamma tassani uumasoq eqalorujussuarmik taaneqartoq uumasoq suusimava? Niviarsiaqqat atiat Najaaja marlunnik anilinnut taamaallaat atiua?
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

May 31th 2009 (First broadcasted on March 30th 2008)
Ullumikkut sammineqassapput oqaasersiat allanneqartarnerannut malittarisassat nutaat, aammalu apeqqutit akineqassallutik
Hosted by: Marianne Hansen

May 24th 2009
Apeqqutit akissutaallu, aammalu Oqaasileriffimmi leksikografimik pikkorissarneq pillugu ilanngutassiat.
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

May 15th 2007
Oqaaseq 'qivittoq'. Kalaallisut naggueqatittalu akornanni qanoq paasineqartarnera nassuiarneqartarneralu.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

May 10th 2009
"Kalaallisut oqaaseqatigiilioriaaseq." Apersorneqartoq Katti Frederiksen
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

April 26th 2009
Nuummi inuusuttut oqaasii
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

April 19th 2009
Ullumikkut oqaatsit qissertaarneq, tusarliuppaa kiisalu tusartippaa sammineqassapput, aamma apeqquteqartumit Oqaasileriffik tusagassiutinut uparuartuisarnissaanut kissaatigineqarsimasoq pillugu nassuiaatigineqassaaq.
Naggataatigut atermik apeqqutigineqartumik akissuteqartoqassaaq.
Hosted by: Marianne Hansen

April 12th 2009
Oqaluut aappiuttartoq aammalu uparuartorniutit sammineqarput
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

April 5th 2009
Kalaallisut nordpolimut taaguuterput Qalasersuaq qanoq oqaluttuassartaqarpa sumillu aallaaveqarpa?
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

March 29th 2009
Kangaamiut qanoq isumaqarsinnaanera pillugu apeqqut tunngavigalugu isummersorneq.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse 

March 22nd 2009
Apeqqutit akissutaallu.
Oqaaseq "qaqisivoq" ilinniarnermut tunngatillugu atussallugu eqqortuua?
Avanersuarmiut oqaasii sumit pinngorpat? Tamakku, apeqqutillu allat, sammineqarput.
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

March 15th 2009
Oqaatsitta ilaqutalersorneqartarnerat sammineqassaaq.
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

March 8th 2009
Namminersornitsinni oqaatsitta inissisimanissaat sammineqarpoq.
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

Martch 1st 2009
Ullumikkut oqaatsit - ataqatigiissaarisoq - akisartorneq - aappi, allallu sammineqarput.
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

February 22nd 2009
Kalaallisut oqaatsit ataasiakkaat oqaaseqatigiinni inissisimasarnerat nassuiaatigineqarput.
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

February 15th 2009
Peqqinnissaqarfinni Taaguusersuutit ineriartorteqqinneqarneranni suliaqartuusut apersorneqarnerat.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

February 8th 2009
Nagguteeqqap taaguutai oqaluttuassartaalu.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

February 1st 2009
Naggueqatitta oqaasiini pissutsit maanna atuuttut
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

January 25th 2009
First words in the Bible and their translation into greenlandic.

Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

January 18th 2009
Questions about ocean names, and working with place names in 2009.
Hosted by: Lisathe Møller Kruse

January 11th 2009
Enquiries to Oqaasileriffik in 2008.
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

January 4th 2009
 - When can we use the word ´poverty´?
 - Various questions to Oqaasileriffik and their answers.
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

November 2nd 2008

The principles behind the Greenlandic orthography, and the reason for their present form.
Hosted by:Carl Chr. Olsen, Puju

October 26th 2008
The Greenlandic names for Karrat Ice Fiord and Inngia Fiord. The Greenlandic name for GarnetLake. The Greenlandic word for climate.

Hosted by:Lisathe Møller Kruse 

October 19th 2008

Which color designation did the North Greenlanders use for the color brown before they used sukkulaajusaq (that which resembles chocolate)? What are the Greenlandic names for the following oceans surrounding Greenland: The Arctic Ocean, The Greenland Sea, Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait? Does an administrative dictionary exist in the Greenlandic language?

Hosted by:Nuka Møller

October 12th 2008

The 2007 Annual Report of Oqaasiliortut - the Language Council and Oqaasileriffik - Language Secretariat.

Hosted by:Marianne Hansen

October 5th 2008

The frequency of the combination of the affixes {uti} and {qar}. Does academic educations have terms in Greenlandic? The Greenlandic word for joint administration. The term umeruaq for computer screen in Greenlandic. 

Hosted by:Katti Frederiksen

September 28th 2008
Concerning the new Inuit Language Protection Act in Nunavut, Canada. Etymology on the names Inutsiannguaq and Naalu.

Hosted by: Nuka Møller

September 21st 2008 (repeat broadcast from August 13th 2006)
Pidgin: the Greenlandic language in contact with other languages past and present.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

September 14th 2008
Report from the recent meeting of the Nordic Language Council in Denmark, September 2008
Hosted by: Katsi Frederiksen

August 31st 2008
The decisions made by the Language Council during their meeting on August 22nd. Are the place names Karat Isfjord and Íngia Fjord correct? The possible meaning of the boys' name Minik.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

August 24th 2008
Are the Greenlandic words iliveq (grave) and aaveq (walrus) the only forms ending with -veq? What is the difference between eqqarsaatigaa and isumaliutigaa? (Both words bear the meaning 'think about' in Greenlandic.)
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

August 17th 2008
Various terms denoting communication: "Kalerrippaa", "Tusarlerpaa", "Tutsiuffigaa", "Ilisimatippaa", "Qujasarpaa", "Paasitippaa", "Nalunaarfigaa", "Unnersiorfigaa", "Oqaassivigaa", "Oqqersuiffigaa" and "Attavigaa".
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

August 10th 2008
What is the origin of the word 'pinnersoq' (beautiful/handsome)? Answer to question concerning 'explain' and 'interpret' from Danish. Answer to question re. place name.
Hosted by: Lisathe M. Kruse

August 3rd 2008
What is the Greenlandic name for the Danish place name Bredebugt? In Nuuk's school busses the signs say: Atuartut Bussia. Is this correct? What is the story behind the boys name Ilasiaq?
Hosted by: Nuka Møller.

June 30th 2008
What is the etymology of the name Sunaanaaq? Which words for mobbing, teasing and harassment do we use in Greenlandic? Some news re. a new and extensive dictionary in Eastern Greenlandic.
Hosted by: Nuka Møller.

June 22nd 2008
Various questions and answers to Oqaasileriffik
Hosted by Katti Frederiksen

June 16th 2008
New Greenlandic words in the public administration.
Hosted by: Carl Christian Olsen, Puju.

June 8th 2008
Interview with Carl Christian Olsen, Puju, re. "Language families related to the Inuit language".
Hosted by: Beatrine Heilmann

January 1st 2008
Various language related questions.
Hosted by: Katti Frederiksen

May 25th 2008
Interview with Beatrine Heilmann re. the Greenlandic spell checker and the language database.
Hosted by: Lisathe M. Kruse

May 18th 08
What is the meaning of the male name Uutaaq (Odak)? Which form is correct: 'taputartuuppaa' or 'kaputartuuppaa'? Can the Danish calque 'inuttut oqassaguma' (my personal opinion) be accepted in the Greenlandic language?
Hosted by: Nuka Møller

May 10th 2008
The prefix {ta}, the words Democracy and Self-determination in Greenlandic.
Hosted by:Carl Chr. Olsen, Puju.

May 4th 2008
Interview with Carl Christian Olsen, 'Puju' re. International Language Year 2008.
Hosted by:Lisathe Møller Kruse

April 27th 2008
Practices related to registering and approving Greenlandic place names.
Hosted by:Lisathe M. Kruse

April 20th 2008
How do we call 'Senior Researcher' in Greenlandic? Suggestions on Greenlandic terminology on bus fares, tickets etc. The Greenlandic word for art 'eqqumiitsuliorneq' and the word for culture 'piorsarsimassuseq'. When were they coined and why? The etymology of the name Miillaaraq.
Hosted by:Nuka Møller

April 13th 2008
What is the etymology of the words 'isikkat' (feet) and 'siutit' (ears)? Oqaasiliortut - the Language Councils decision on what 'Northern Periphery Programme', and the Danish judicial terms: 'assault rape', 'contact rape', 'rape among couples' and 'stalking' are to be called in Greenlandic.
Hosted by:Katti Frederiksen

April 6th 2008
Which word for 'dog owner' do we use: 'qimmilik' or 'qimmiutilik'? What does the word: 'arlippaat' mean? Which word for the Northern Greenlandic concept for a lone grey hair is the correct one: 'akuleraq' or 'akuleruaq'? Hyphenation rules after numerals and acronyms in Greenlandic.
Hosted by:Beatrine Heilmann

March 30th 2008
Orthographic rules in loan words. The name Aqattaq.
Hosted by Marianne Hansen

March 16th 2008
Greenlandic sentence structures
Hosted by:Katti Frederiksen

March 9th 2008
Future language technology tools
Hosted by:Aviaq Tobiassen

March 2nd 2008
Verbs. What does the word kaavisi mean? What is the difference between the two names for crab: saattuaq and assagiarsuk?
Hosted by:Beatrine Heilmann

February 24th 2008
What does the names Ajaaja, Aima & Ivaana mean? The qeeq phenomenon.
Hosted by:Nuka Møller

February 17th 2008
International Mother Language Day.
Hosted by:Katti Frederiksen & Aviaq Tobiassen

February 10th 2008
Greenlandic Spell Checker and the development of a Parser. Interview with Per Langgård.
Hosted by: Aviaq Tobiassen

February 3rd 2008
Conjunctions: aamma ,-lu ,-taaq, -li
Hosted by:Carl Christian Olsen, Puju

January 20th 2008
Interview with Carl Christian Olsen, 'Puju' re. International Language Year 2008.
Hosted by:Lisathe Møller Kruse

January 13th 2008
Greenlandic dialects
Hosted by:Beatrine Heilmann

January 6th 2008
Interview with Lisathe Møller Kruse re. collection of place names for the new Greenland maritime charts.
Hosted by:Nuka Møller

Listen to 2007 broadcasts here
Listen to 2006 broadcasts here