Focus on indigenous languages
A Norwegian linguist has nominated the Greenlandic language as the world’s most difficult language. Later in October, on a symposium Arctic Council focus on Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages in a big symposium.
At the International Language Day September 26th the Norwegian linguist, Rolf Theil from the University of Oslo stated that the Greenlandic language is the worlds most difficult language to learn.
The reason for this difficulty is the Greenlandic languages complex words and sentence structure, according to Mr. Theil.
One should think that the language is easier for Greenlandic natives but Rolf Theils thesis about complexity is confirmed by the Greenlandic artist Thue Kristiansen on the webpage forskning.no. Here Thue Kristiansen, who some years ago designed the Greenlandic national flag, recites the longest word in the Greenlandic Language. The word is "Nalunaarasuartaateeranngualiulerssaaraluarsimagaluallaraminngooq" (64 letters) which means "but they should have been prepared to build a small radio station".
At a big symposium in Tromsø, Norway 19. - 21. October, Arctic Council will emphazise the Greenlandic as well as other Arctic indigenous peoples languages.
One of the organizers, Carole Simon, Executive Assistant in Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada says the following:
"This symposium is an exciting initiative that will bring together indigenous peoples from throughout the circumpolar region to build on each other's knowledge and experience in protecting and revitalizing our indigenous languages. The symposium aims to be a forum where we as Arctic indigenous peoples can learn from one another and develop practical ways to revitalize our languages so they remain strong for generations to come."
It is expected than more than 100 participants from all over the world will take part in the symposium.
