 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,000 (2012)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Iivi Nunaa (Eastern Greenland) | |
| Languages | |
| Iivi oraasia, Inuttut (Kalaallisut),[1] Danish | |
| Religion | |
| Inuit beliefs, Evangelical Lutheran | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Inuit, Yupik and Indigenous peoples of the Americas |
Iivit or Tunumiit are Indigenous Greenlandic Inuit from Iivi Nunaa, Tunu in the area of Kangikajik and Ammassalik, the eastern part of Inuit Nunaat (East Greenland). The Iivit live now mainly in Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit and are a part of the Arctic people known collectively as the Inuit. The singular for Iivit is Iik or for Tunumiit version it is Tunumiu.
Besides the Iivit, who live in the eastern portion of Inuit Nunaat in the jurisdiction of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), Avanersuarmiut (Northern) and Kitaamiut (Western) Greenland Inuit are called Inuit, Inivit or Inivi (Kalaallit) and Inughuit, respectively. About 80% to 88% of Greenland's population, or approximately 44,000 to 50,000 people, identify as being Indigenous Inuit.[2][3]
- ^ a b "Inuktitut, Greenlandic." www.ethnologue.com Accessed 3 Feb 2014.
- ^ Hessel, 20
- ^ Baldacchino, Godfrey (2006). Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-044656-1.