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Added a reference for information about the creation of the syllabary, and a note about the chart at the cited site.
'''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<sup>th</sup> century. It is written from left to right in horizontal lines.
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.<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 Inuktitut syllabary==
==The Inuktitut syllabary==