Inuktitut Syllabics

The syllabary of the Canadian Arctic, adapted from Cree script for Inuktitut in the 19th century.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Created by missionaries working from Edmund Evans's Cree syllabary of the 1840s.
• Vowels rotate the consonant shape; the system encodes syllables, not single sounds.
• Widely used across Nunavut alongside the Latin alphabet.

Specifications & Metrics

• TYPE: Syllabary