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Can anyone give insights into the written language used by the Inuktitut, which appears in the first photo? Can it be adapted to other languages/dialects? Is it
by ilamont 7y ago
Can anyone give insights into the written language used by the Inuktitut, which appears in the first photo? Can it be adapted to other languages/dialects? Is it used in Greenland or Alaska?
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoIt is used in Northern Alaska as well as Greenland. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut#/media/File%3AInuktitut_dialect_map.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut#/media/File%3AInuk... for the map. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut_syllabics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut_syllabics About the written language. It seems to have been adopted from Cree by a missionary, which itself was another missionary devised script with an influence from India Indian Devanagari.