01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Inuktitut Syllabics
Syllabic script of the Canadian Inuit.
Syllabic script of the Canadian Inuit. Derived from James Evans's Canadian syllabics system (1865) with a unique feature: rotating the same symbol represents different syllables. One of Nunavut Territory's official scripts. For Arctic indigenous communities most impacted by climate change, this script is the key medium for transmitting traditional ecological knowledge to the next generation.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1400–U+167F
Total signs640
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Written left to right.
α
System
Syllabary
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
08REACH