Language code: kl
Technical information about ISO 639 language code kl
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The table below provides technical details for the Kalaallisut language, designated by the kl code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Kalaallisut Native Kalaallisut |
| Family | Inuit |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | West Greenlandic (Kalaallisut proper)East Greenlandic (Tunumiisut)North Greenlandic (Inuktun/Avanersuarmiutut) |
| Related languages | InuktitutInuinnaqtunIñupiaq |
| Key facts | Polysynthetic structure lets entire sentences be expressed as single long wordsGrammar follows an ergative–absolutive alignmentModern orthography introduced in 1973 replaced the special letter ĸ with q and simplified spellingThe language has only three basic vowels, each with short and long formsContains many Danish loanwords, especially for modern concepts |
| Sample phrase | Aluu, qanoq ippit? |
| Character encodings | |
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Kalaallisut (also known as West Greenlandic) belongs to the Eskimo-Aleut language family, specifically to the Inuit subgroup. It is primarily spoken in Greenland, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. The language uses the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 55,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Kalaallisut speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
kl-GL – Kalaallisut (Greenland)
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- Supported file formats
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ