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When was Greenlandic spelling changed from the Kleinschmidt system to a modern Roman alphabet?
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The Greenlandic spelling system was changed from the Kleinschmidt orthography to a modern Roman alphabet in 1973.1
The previous system, established in 1851 by the missionary Samuel Kleinschmidt, had utilized a special letter and three accents to represent the language's distinctive sounds. Following the 1973 reform, the current orthography became the standard, though many publications remain available in both systems.1