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Inuktitut syllabics ( Inuktitut: ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ, romanized : qaniujaaqpait, [1] 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. In 1976, the ...
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- Inuktitut
- Canadian Aboriginal
Dec 13, 2016 · The language is also written in the Roman alphabet, and this is the exclusive writing system used in Labrador and parts of Western Nunavut. Inuktitut is a polysynthetic language, meaning that words tend to be longer and structurally more complex than their English or French counterparts. (See also Indigenous Languages in Canada.)
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Inuktitut is an Inuit language spoken mainly in northern Canada, specifically in parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. According to the 2011 census, there are 34,000 speakers of Inukutitut, which is also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut. The name Inuktitut is used to refer to all the Inuit ...
The words Inuktitut, or more correctly Inuktut ('Inuit language') are increasingly used to refer to both Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut together, or "Inuit languages" in English. Nunavut is the home of some 24,000 Inuit, over 80% of whom speak Inuktitut. This includes some 3,500 people reported as monolinguals.
- Canada
Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait is a unified orthography: a common set of characters that can be used in to write any dialect of Inuktut, the Inuit language. The orthography is representative of all Inuktut sounds. This way speakers of any dialect from any region can write using Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait while still following the pronunciation that they use ...
Sep 30, 2019 · One of the recommendations was to establish a unified writing system for the Inuit language. It has taken Inuit in Canada decades to get to this point and it is the dawn of a new era. The passion and dedication of Inuit language keepers throughout all of our communities across Inuit Nunangat made way for Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait.
Uqausiit is a database created by Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit to document and share information on the Inuktut language in Nunavut - including Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun. This site contains a list of words from various Nunavut dialects as well as the morphemes that make up words and explanations of various aspects of Inuktut grammar.
