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==The Inuktitut syllabary== | ==The Inuktitut syllabary== | ||
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*[http://www.livingdictionary.com/ Inuktitut Living Dictionary] | *[http://www.livingdictionary.com/ Inuktitut Living Dictionary] | ||
*[http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htm Native Languages - Inuktitut] | *[http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htm Native Languages - Inuktitut] | ||
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[[Category: Syllabaries]] | [[Category: Syllabaries]] | ||
[[category:Eskimo-Aleut languages]][[category:Languages of the Arctic]] | [[category:Eskimo-Aleut languages]][[category:Languages of the Arctic]] | ||
Revision as of 03:55, February 21, 2009
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. [1]
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.
The Inuktitut syllabary
