Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) is a dialect of the Greenlandic language - which is part of the Inuit-Yupik-Unangan language family. The other dialects are Tunumiit oraasiat (East Greenlandic) and Avanersuarmiutut (North Greenlandic), which is also known as Inuktun. Standard Greenlandic is based on Kalaallisut, and is spoken by the Kalaallit, Tunumiit, and Inughuit. It is spoken by around 57,000 people.