You probably don't need this either, but it's cool

[redbird]

A searchable bilingual dictionary, Danish to Kalaalisut (the native and now official language of Greenland), searchable in Kalaalisut, Danish, or English. Thanks to pgdudda, who was talking about terms for fjords, ice fjords, etc.

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[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

(the native and now official language of Greenland)

Ooh, I hadn't heard about this! Exciting!

[yarram.livejournal.com]

Yes! It means there are now two countries in the Americas where an inidgenous language is the official language. (The other one is Guarani in Paraguay, where it is co-official with Spanish. Greenland wins the "sole official language" prize, though.)

[Edited for geography fail.]

[redbird]

Three, actually. I mentioned this discussion to cattitude, who said something about Bolivia and the Morales administration.

The current Bolivian constitution recognizes all the languages commonly spoken in the country as official: Spanish, Guarani, Quechua, Aymara, twenty-odd other indigenous languages, and Plautdietsch, the Mennonite dialect of German.

As far as I can tell quickly, official includes that they are used in the public schools.

And since I got this by looking up Bolivia, it may be more than three countries. [edited to elaborate slightly, and for Spanish dialect.]

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

That *is* way cool!