SCRIPTA
CAPBASE
CAPBASE
CAPBASE
0
SCRIPTA · BASELINE
ON THIS PAGE · BASELINE
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
SCRIPTA · INUKTITUT SYLLABICS
01Front Matter04The Letters06Mechanics07Lineage08In the World
01OVERVIEW

Front Matter

SCRIPT · PROFILE

Inuktitut Syllabics

Syllabic script of the Canadian Inuit.

ᐃ ᐄ ᐅ ᐆ ᐊ
Era
Modern
Region
Americas
System
Syllabary
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
640
Status
Active
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 · Types
Sample 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
Loading evolution data…
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
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
07LINEAGE

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
08REACH

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Inuktitut

Countries

Canada
scripta· world writing-systems archive · archilabsAboutSitemap
SISTER ARCHIVESscriptalangramonetametrasportia