Greenland: language inequalities in external and internal dynamics of marginalisation
The linguistic situation in Greenland offers a revealing case of how [colonial dynamics](https://www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/midas/greenland-the-colonial-scars) can persist even in contexts that have undergone significant political transformation. While the island has achieved a [high degree of autonomy](https://www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/midas/greenlands-autonomy-nothing-about-us-without-us) from Denmark and has formally elevated western Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) to the status of official language, the distribution of linguistic power tells a more complex story. Two intertwined dynamics shape this landscape: the continued dominance of Danish in key institutional domains, and the internal marginalisation of other Greenlandic varieties such as Tunumiisut and Inuktun.
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