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'''Inuktitut''' is the language of the of the [[Inuit]] or Eskimo. Depending of the geographic region, it has various names, for example Kalaallisut is the main language of [[Greenland]]; Inuttut for Labrador; Inuvialuktun for the MacKenzie Delta area; and Iñupiaq for the language spoken in [[Alaska]]. It is a member of the Eskimo-Aleut language family. <ref>University of Toronto, ''Inuktitut'', by Alana Johns, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ajohns/Inuktitut.html]</ref>

'''Inuktitut''' is the language of the of the [[Inuit]] or Eskimo. Depending of the geographic region, it has various names, for example Kalaallisut is the main language of [[Greenland]]; Inuttut for Labrador; Inuvialuktun for the MacKenzie Delta area; and Iñupiaq for the language spoken in [[Alaska]]. It is a member of the Eskimo-Aleut language family.<ref>University of Toronto, ''Inuktitut'', by Alana Johns, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~ajohns/Inuktitut.html]</ref>

The [[syllabary]] was adapted from the Cree syllabary ([[Nêhiyaw]]), by two English missionaries, John Horden and E. A. Watkins, during the late 19^th century. It is written from left to right in horizontal lines.<ref>www.omniglot.com, ''Inuktitut syllabary'', by Simon Ager [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/inuktitut.htm] This site contains a chart of the Inuktitut syllabary.</ref>

The [[syllabary]] was adapted from the Cree syllabary ([[Nêhiyaw]]), by two English missionaries, John Horden and E. A. Watkins, during the late 19th century. It is written from left to right in horizontal lines.<ref>http://www.omniglot.com, ''Inuktitut syllabary'', by Simon Ager [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/inuktitut.htm] This site contains a chart of the Inuktitut syllabary.</ref>

In Canada's new territory Nunavut, the national anthem is sung in English, French, and Inuktitut.<ref>Knight's Canadian Info Collection, ''Nunavut and the Inuktitut Language'' [http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/nunavut.html] This site contains some useful phrases in Inuktitut, as well as the words to the Canadian national anthem and some information about the territory of Nunavut.</ref>

In Canada's new territory Nunavut, the national anthem is sung in English, French, and Inuktitut.<ref>Knight's Canadian Info Collection, ''Nunavut and the Inuktitut Language'' [http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/nunavut.html] This site contains some useful phrases in Inuktitut, as well as the words to the Canadian national anthem and some information about the territory of Nunavut.</ref>

*[http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htm Native Languages - Inuktitut]

*[http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htm Native Languages - Inuktitut]

[[Category: Syllabaries]]

[[Category:Syllabaries]]

[[category:Eskimo-Aleut languages]][[category:Languages of the Arctic]]

[[Category:Eskimo-Aleut languages]][[Category:Languages of the Arctic]]