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Greenlandic Inuit are the indigenous peoples of Greenland. Approximately 89% of Greenland's population of 57,695 is Inuit or 51,349 people as of 2012.〔 Ethnographically, they consist of three major groups: * Kalaallit of west Greenland, who speak Kalaallisut * Tunumiit of east Greenland, who speak Tunumiisut * Inughuit of north Greenland, who speak Inuktun or Polar Eskimo Historically, ''Kalaallit'' referred specifically to the people of Western Greenland. Northern and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves ''Avanersuarmiut'' and ''Tunumiit,'' respectively.〔Baldacchino, Geoffery. ("Extreme tourism: lessons from the world's cold water islands" ), ''Elsevier Science'', 2006: 101. (retrieved through Google Books) ISBN 978-0-08-044656-1.〕 Today, most Greenlanders speak standard Greenlandic, and most are still descended from the original founding ancestors of Greenland. The other Greenlanders are mostly European migrants. There are few Greenlanders who are mixed racial origin and most of this is due to Danish colonists and other Europeans marrying into Inuit peoples. About 90% live in the southwestern corner of the island. Several thousand Greenlanders reside in Denmark proper. ==Regions== Greenlandic Inuit people are considered to be descended from Dorset and Thule people, who settled Greenland in ancient times. As 84% of Greenland's land mass is covered by the Greenland ice sheet, Inuit people live in three regions: Polar, Eastern, and Western. In the 1850s, additional Canadian Inuit joined the Polar Inuit communities.〔Hessel 11〕 The Eastern Inuit, or ''Tunumiit'', live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called ''Tasiilaq''. Hunters can hunt marine mammals from kayaks throughout the year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greenlandic Inuit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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