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Inuktitut syllabics (Inuktitut: ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ, romanized: qaniujaaqpait, or ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᑖᖅ, titirausiq nutaaq) is an abugida-type writing system used in Canada by the Inuktitut-speaking Inuit of the territory of Nunavut and the Nunavik and Nunatsiavut regions of Quebec and Labrador, respectively.
Inuktitut has 14 consonants, each represented by a particular syllabic character. That character is then rotated clockwise or reversed to represent Inuktitut’s three vowel sounds, i, u and a : ᒥ. mi. ᒧ. mu. ᒪ. ma.
Inuktitut has 14 consonants, each represented by a particular syllabic character. That character is then rotated clockwise or reversed to represent Inuktitut’s three vowel sounds, i, u and a: ᒥ = m + i. ᒧ = m + u. ᒪ = m + a. ᓂ = n + i. ᓄ = n + u.
Today the Inuktitut syllabary, which is known as titirausiq nutaaq (ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᑕᐊᖅ) or qaniujaaqpait (ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ), is used mainly in Canada, especially in the territory of Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ), the population of which is 85% Inuit, and in Nunavik (ᓄᓇᕕᒃ), Quebec.
Oct 10, 2006 · Inuktitut Keyboards are available. This page uses no characters outside the Unicode standard. Long vowels are marked by a dot accent, so /laa/ is ᓛ. Long consonants are shown by the appropriate final preceding the syllabic, so /ttu/ is ᑦᑐ.
• Unicode treats the q, ng, and nng syllabics as a single character. This means it takes only one backspace to delete something like ᖄ. • To avoid syllabics from combining, use the Shift key. e.g. (k-a) is ᑲ, (k-A) is ᒃᐊ. This also works with the combined syllabics, so (n-G-a) is ᓐᒐ.
They are also used to write Inuktitut in the eastern Canadian Arctic; there they are co-official with the Latin script in the territory of Nunavut. They are used regionally for the other large Canadian Algonquian language, Ojibwe, as well as for Blackfoot, where they are obsolete.
