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.