#Kalaallit Nunaat

[jonna-thure-agnes]

Carmen Marchena

#Carmen Marchena #Greenland #Kalaallit Nunaat #ice

[forms-and-phyla]

Phylum #19: Micrognathozoa!

Why have a pair of jaws when you can have a fifteenuple of them? This microscopic but extremely intricate system of jaws is definitely the star of today's species, Limnognathia maerski. Yes, species. Found in both Greenland and Antarctica, this tiny creature is the only one known in its entire phylum, Micrognathozoa!

Only discovered in the year 2000, the still little-known Limnognathia shows a body plan like no other. On top of the intricate system of jaws - making it likely a gnathiferan, cousin to arrow worms and rotifers -, an accordion-like thorax links its head and abdomen, the latter ending in a transient anus.

Swimming in spirals with the help of ciliated cells and anchoring itself with an adhesive pad, Limnognathia feeds on bacteria, diatoms and other micro-organisms. As the ventral jaws snatch the prey, they are brought to the main jaw system to be chewed and digested.

Limnognathia's life cycle is still poorly known. Only the youngest specimens found displayed male organs, leading researchers to believe them to be sequential hermaphrodites - changing from male to female during their life cycle. The peculiar distribution around both poles, with most specimens recovered from a single cold spring in Greenland, hints at it being a relict from the Cretaceous, when Greenland was still a tropical reef.

#forms and phyla #micrognathozoa #limnognathia #bioblr #hermaphroditism #cretaceous #greenland #kalaallit nunaat #antarctica

[aroundtheworldmp3]

Greenland by Steve Weston

#greenland #kalaallit nunaat #*mp

[witekspicsbanknotes]

Kalaallit Nunaat banknotes / Greenland / Denmark.

#Kalaallit Nunaat #banknot #banknote #note #Grenlandia #Greenland #korony #kroner

[alenasbdesign]

Happy Ullortuneq, Greenland!

#Greenland #Grønland #Kalaallit Nunaat #island country #arctic #north #nordic #flag #flag postcard #postcard #postcards #postcrossing #collection #collectibles

[ladyimaginarium]

from mikjikj-mnikuk/turtle island to inuit nunangat to kanata to kalaallit nunaat to anahuac to abya yala to alkebulan to the levant to moananuiākea to sápmi to éire to bhārata to zhōngguó to nihon to aynu mosir to siberia to niugini to nusantara to bandaiyan to aotearoa, from coast to coast to coast to coast, from sea to sea to sea to sea, none of us are free until all of us — men, women, enben, children, queer people, disabled & neurodivergent people, elders, animals and the land and the sea and the sky — are free!!!!

#arcana.txt #turtle island = north america aka canada america & mexico (& the carribean & central america & greenland depending on who you ask) #inuit nunangat = the arctic aka inuit territory #anahuac = the traditional name for mexico #abya yala = south america (& the carribean & central america depending on who you ask) #alkebulan = the indigenous name for africa #levant = the place where israel & palestine are but also includes cyprus jordan lebanon & syria #moananuiākea = the hawaiian word for the pacific ocean & all the pacific islands #sápmi = the traditional land of the sámi in the northern parts of scandinavia & sweden norway finland & russia #bandaiyan = the indigenous word for australia / aotearoa = the māori word for new zealand #& the reason why i& included animals & the land sea & sky was bc that's central to indigenous activism just as much as it relates to humans #ya can't just free the humans ya gotta free the lands seas & skies too!! #btw mikjikj-mnikuk means turtle island in mi'kmawi'simk i& found it fitting to use the oldest language that yt europeans heard when arrivin #as the mi'kmaq were literally the first indigenous peoples that yt settlers spoke to & saw in 'canada' aka kanata which is the actual word+ #which it originated from which came from a huron-iroquois word!! #+ zhōngguó is the chinese word for china ! i& included it bc the uighurs & tibetans & other idigenous peoples are still struggling there!! #+ nihon is the word for japan & i& added it bc we can't forget the ainu & okinawans !! #kalaallit nunaat = greenland & éire = ireland in gaeilge #niugini = new guinea in tok pisin / nusantara = indonesia & the archipelago from old javanese bc they have a lot of indigenous peoples #bhārata = india — i& added it bc there's a LOT of indigenous peoples there & the caste system often has them at the bottom #aynu mosir = ainu homelands !! #siberia also has MANY indigenous peoples living in literally the coldest parts of the world & they're going thru a lot rn #nobody's free until all of us are free!!!! #protect indigenous peoples everywhere!!!! protect each other!!!! #protect the lands seas & skies & also keep them centered in your activism while making sure human rights are valued!! #land back #activism. #psa. #** post; okay to reblog.

[nordichouses]

nuuk, kalaallit nunaat / nuuk, greenland

[nordickies]

I'm curious, how do you view Åland in your head? Are they Sweden and Finland's kid or something else? How about Faroe, what is their relationship to Denmark? Or Greenland (I know for a fact that Greenland's relationship with Denmark isn't good)

Sorry for the long ask ;w;

Hello anon! It's not a long question! I just don't really know how to introduce these guys, so let's start with an oversimplified relationship chart, I guess?

Quick explanation under the cut. I don't know why it is so scary to talk about my OCs publicly, aah

Åland isn't Sweden and Finland's kid, but she's significantly younger than them, and they did end up practically raising her together. I've been going back and forth on whether I want her to be their "kid" or not - but in the end, I decided to apply the same logic I use with Denmark and Iceland; it's some kind of guardianship.

To me, guardianship means person X is looking after person Y and being responsible for their upbringing. In these instances, we're talking about significantly younger Nations that have been juveniles for most of their lifetime; someone has needed to take the custodian responsibility over them. But because the relationship can be interpreted as parental or siblinglike (with a significant age gap), I just prefer to use the term "guardian."

Faroe, just like Iceland, was raised by Denmark. Except unlucky for him, he's still stuck with the old man. Faroe just tends to get forgotten a lot. He's a friendly young gentleman, the "easy" child in a messy household, if you will. Though he wishes he made more of a noise about himself - to remind everyone that he exists and show that he's indeed an individual. Well, at least he has Åland to keep him company, since they're both doomed to sit at the "kids' table" during family gatherings. And yes, they're the same age as Iceland

While Denmark has been Greenland's "guardian" on paper, they never developed that kind of relationship. She doesn't feel particularly close to him and for various reasons, she never adjusted to her "adoptive" family. The relationship is rough but they still try to make it work somehow. Nowadays, she's happier with home rule, slowly making her way toward potential full independence. Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, has been inhabited by indigenous people for thousands of years. But this isn't the same Greenland that would have been around during the Viking Age. I'm just basing that on the fact that the ancestors of the modern people of Greenland, the Inuit, came to the island from the east in the 13th century, referred to as the Thule culture, which replaced the former Dorset/Tuniit culture.

Sápmi is the oldest Nation of the bunch by a long margin. Because of this, she has acted as a mentor figure to the Fennoscandians in their youth and is often referred to as their "aunt." Sápmi's relationship with her neighbors has been extremely turbulent. But still, she remembers them as hopeless little kids getting lost in the wilderness, whom she taught survival skills. She sees them as her unruly boys but feels especially bad that Finland had to grow up so soon. She still finds herself scolding Sweden, who to this day acts like a little kid around her. Norway views her in high regard, someone he goes to with his worries and feelings. She's a nation with no state, but tries her best to represent her people and culture to the world.

Karelia is an older Nation as well, perhaps older than the Scandinavians. Karelia is a Baltic-Finnic nation extending from Lake Ladoga to the White Sea. She has longtime connections with Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Ingria, Sápmi, Russia, and Ukraine. But she has always been a nation between East and West, being literally split between them even to this day. Karelia's borders have changed constantly throughout history, making the region extremely diverse. Because of this, and her people being broken apart multiple times in recent memory, her identity feels a bit shattered. Yet it's incredibly strong, with colorful culture, traditions, and language - being unique from the other Finnic groups.

I personally think that Nations and their relationships with each other don't have to be 1-1 adaptations to their real-life counterparts, where every single historical event plays out exactly like in a textbook. History, culture, politics, and, most importantly, people's personal experiences and relationships with their country will always be individual even to people from the same group. But we also shouldn't completely ignore and sugarcoat history, thus downplaying or, in the worst case, contributing to the ongoing harm. So, as rich as the source to create OCs is in this fandom, it's also an endless loophole with no clear answer to anything. But as long as we're ready to be respectful, be willing to learn, and keep an open mind, I don't see a problem with it <3

#i'm bad at explaining but hopefully my idea comes across #also perhaps this explains why i don't feel particularly strongly about shipping the nordics with each other - there is a lot going on #oc talk #hws faroe islands #hws åland #hws greenland #hws sápmi #hws karelia

[mapsontheweb]

Terrain Model of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)

by 725Hemeed

#maps #greenland #relief #725Hemeed #twsourced

[bipheonyx]

RE READ Babel just now and still wondering why this book has not had the world by a chokehold when it came out and ESPECIALLY now during a Genocide, when the descendant shadows and monsters of colonialism linger on and take the form of zionazi bodies with their claws deep in the Land of Palestine and the Empire remains now in a different flavor of whiteness, in Sudan, the Congo and Tigray, In Kashmir, in Burma, in Turtle Island, In Uighur/East Turkistan and Kalaallit Nunaat and Hawaii. In the hearts and lineages of all the colonized people and their children.

May we all learn, embrace and resist. Violent if it must be, for valid it is.

The struggle to decolonization continues.

#babel rf kuang #babel an arcane history #dark academia #babel #rf kuang #robin #rammy #victoire desgraves #colonialism #colonial violence #decolonisation #decolonise palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸 #free sudan #free congo #empire #i love this book so much #first ever re read #robin×rammy

[jonna-thure-agnes]

Carmen Marchena

#Carmen Marchena #Greenland #Kalaallit Nunaat

[indepwom101]

🇩🇰 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Thursday, June 21, 2023

On Greenland's National Day, Designmuseum Denmark opened its doors to a new exhibition about Greenlandic gold and rubies. Her Majesty the Queen led the opening of the exhibition Rocks of Greenland - Kalaallit Nunaat Rocks, which takes the audience on a trip to the Greenland underground. Among the jewellery and objects on display is the Naasut diadem, which the Queen received as a gift from the Greenlandic people on the occasion of Her Majesty's 40th anniversary of the reign in 2012. The diadem is made of Greenlandic gold.

#danish royal family #queen margrethe ii

[saharathorn]

I need to go to kalaallit nunaat…

#I’m so obsessed w it it looks so cool 🇬🇱.

[vikinglanguage]

This is an overhaul of an old post from 5 years ago, because I've added a bunch of stuff which unfortunately does not show up correctly anywhere but ON my blog.

Denmark, Scandinavia, and the Nordic region in Danish

Areas The Nordic countries - De nordiske lande · Norden Scandinavia - Skandinavien Kingdom of Denmark · Danish Realm - Kongeriget Danmark · Danmarks Rige The Kalmar Union · Union of Kalmaris - Kalmarunionen (1397 to 1523) Countries Denmark - Danmark Sweden - Sverige Norway - Norge Finland - Finland Greenland - Grønland · Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic, lit. “Greenlanders’ land") The Faroe Islands - Færøerne · Føroyar (Faroese) Iceland - Island

Languages Danish - dansk Swedish - svensk Norwegian  - norsk · nynorsk · norsk bokmål Finnish - finsk (West) Greenlandic - (vest)grønlandsk · kalaallisut Faroese - færøsk · føroyskt Icelandic - islandsk Minority languages German - tysk (spoken by the German minority in North Schleswig/South Jutland) Sámi - samisk (spoken by the Sámi people in large parts of northern Finland, Norway, and Sweden; the cultural region of Sápmi)¹ Inuktun · Polar Inuit  - nordgrønlandsk · avanersuarmiutut (spoken in Northern Greenland, around Qaanaaq)² East Greenlandic - østgrønlandsk · tunumiisut (spoken in Eastern Greenland/Tunu)² Romani - romani (spoken by the Romani people) Kven - kvensk (spoken by the Kven people in northern Norway)³ Sign Language - tegnsprog⁴ National demonyms⁵ Dane - dansker Swede - svensker Norwegian - nordmand (lit. “northern man”) Finn - finne · finlænder (rare) Greenlander - grønlænder · kalaaleq Faroese · Faroe islander - færing · føroyingur Icelander - islænding German - tysker Non-national ethnicities Romani - romani Sámi - same

Specifically Danish stuff

Places in Denmark⁶ Copenhagen - København Aarhus - Aarhus · Århus (unofficial, but not incorrect spelling) Jutland - Jylland · Hovedlandet (slang) Funen - Fyn Zealand - Sjælland · Djævleøen (slang, lit. “The Devil’s Island”) Major dialects/regiolects based on location Jutland - jysk Zealand - sjællandsk Funen - fynsk Bornholm - bornholmsk All islands (including Zealand + Funen, excluding Bornholm) - ømål (lit. “island language”)

Smaller areas that used to be Denmark Schleswig-Holstein - Slesvig-Holsten⁷ Scania (Skånes län) - Skåne (around 970 to 1658) Halland (Hallands län) - Halland (around 970 to 1645, legally 1658) Blekinge (Blekinge län) - Blekinge (around 970 to 1658) The Virgin Islands of the United States - Jomfruøerne · Dansk-Vestindien (outdated) · De Vestindiske Øer (outdated) (1672 to 1917) Estonia - Estland (Hertugdømmet Estland 1206 to 1346, Øsel 1560 to 1645)⁸

Notes: 1) There are many Sámi languages and dialects, too many to list here. 2) Some argue that East and West Greenlandic are dialects of the same language and that North Greenlandic (Inuktun) is a dialect of Inuktitut. 3) Some do not recognise Kven as a separate language from Finnish. 4) Obviously, there is not 1 (one) Sign Language in the entire Nordic. There are Danish, Norwegian, and Icelandic Sign (which are all related), and Swedish and Finnish Sign (which are related to each other). Danish Sign is also used in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. 5) All nationalities and ethnicities fælleskøn (utrum)/common gender (uter). 6) These are just the major parts that you probably should know 7) The whole Schleswig-Holstein area has been much disputed and is hard to date. It was definitely NOT part of Denmark 1864-1920. 8) All of Estonia was never Danish, but various parts were.

If I screwed up or you have questions, feel free to shoot me a message!

#denmark #scandinavia #the nordic region #nordic countries #danish #langblr #language #dansk #danish vocabulary #original #in case you were wondering what was added #the answer is a BUNCH of minority languages #MORE notes #and numbers to the notes for your convenience

[alenasbdesign]

Happy Ullortuneq, Greenland!

#Greenland #Grønland #Kalaallit Nunaat #Arctic #flag #tie #menswear #for men #for him #gifts for men #gift ideas #celebration #holiday #neck tie

[gay-jewish-bucky]

Y'all rb'ing the 'esk*mo kiss' art probably don't know this cuz you aren't Canadian, but I feel like it's important to let you know that word is a considered by Inuit people (a group indigenous to the arctic and subarctic regions within Kalaallit Nunaat whom the word was used to describe by racist colonizers) to be a derogatory term and it shouldn't be used

'nose kisses' or 'kunik' are the preferred terms

#personcole