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The language in it's native language is referred to as ''hoofnisk maal'' or just ''hoofnisk'', which is an adjective derived from the demonym ''hoofnur''. This word comes from the Old Norse word ''haf'', meaning sea, and the Proto-Inuit word ''*inuɣ'', meaning "man"; thus, ''hoofnur'' literally means "man of the sea". This is a reference to Hoofnur history, as Norse settlers inhabited Greenland and then Markland later on and mingled and settled with some indigenous culture of the Old World including the Inuits, the Dorset culture, and the Innu. It might also reference the [[w:Labrador Sea|Labrador Sea]] in between Greenland and Labrador. | The language in it's native language is referred to as ''hoofnisk maal'' or just ''hoofnisk'', which is an adjective derived from the demonym ''hoofnur'', which evolved from earlier ''hååfinur''. This word comes from the Old Norse word ''haf'', meaning sea, and the Proto-Inuit word ''*inuɣ'', meaning "man"; thus, ''hoofnur'' literally means "man of the sea". This is a reference to Hoofnur history, as Norse settlers inhabited Greenland and then Markland later on and mingled and settled with some indigenous culture of the Old World including the Inuits, the Dorset culture, and the Innu. It might also reference the [[w:Labrador Sea|Labrador Sea]] in between Greenland and Labrador. | ||