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New page: '''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; ...
'''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>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<sup>th</sup> century. It is written from left to right in horizontal lines.
==The Inuktitut syllabary==
[[Image:Inuit syl.png]]
==External links==
*[http://www.livingdictionary.com/ Inuktitut Living Dictionary]
*[http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htm Native Languages - Inuktitut]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category: Syllabaries]]
The [[syllabary]] was adapted from the Cree syllabary ([[Nêhiyaw]]), by two English missionaries, John Horden and E. A. Watkins, during the late 19<sup>th</sup> century. It is written from left to right in horizontal lines.
==The Inuktitut syllabary==
[[Image:Inuit syl.png]]
==External links==
*[http://www.livingdictionary.com/ Inuktitut Living Dictionary]
*[http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htm Native Languages - Inuktitut]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category: Syllabaries]]