This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Inuktitut. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.
Inuktitut/ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
The Inuktitut Latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Latin letter |
Inuktitut letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
ᐊ |
[a] |
aa | ᐋ | [aː] | |
2 |
G g |
ᒐᒑᒋᒌᒍᒎ |
[ɣ] |
3 |
H h | ᐦ | [h] |
4 |
I i | ᐃ | [i] |
ii | ᐄ | [iː] | |
5 |
J j | ᔭᔮᔨᔩᔪᔫ | [j] |
6 |
K k |
ᑲᑳᑭᑮᑯᑰ |
[k] |
7 | L l | ᓚᓛᓕᓖᓗᓘ | [l] |
8 |
Ł ł |
ᖤᖥᖠᖡᖢᖣ |
[ɬ] |
9 |
M m |
ᒪᒫᒥᒦᒧᒨ |
[m] |
10 | N n | ᓇᓈᓂᓃᓄᓅ | [n] |
11 | Ng ng | ᖓᖔᖏᖐᖑᖒ | [ŋ] |
Nng nng | ᙵᙶᙱᙲᙳᙴ | [ŋː] | |
12 |
P p |
ᐸᐹᐱᐲᐳᐴ |
[p] |
13 |
Q q | ᖃᖄᕿᖀᖁᖂ | [q] |
14 |
R r |
ᕋᕌᕆᕇᕈᕉ |
[ʁ] |
15 |
S s |
ᓴᓵᓯᓰᓱᓲ |
[s] |
16 |
T t |
ᑕᑖᑎᑏᑐᑑ |
[t] |
17 | U u | ᐅ | [u] |
uu | ᐆ | [uː] | |
18 |
V v |
ᕙᕚᕕᕖᕗᕘ |
[v] |
There would not be letters b, c, d, e, f, o, w, x, y, z, which would be replaced by p, k/s, t, i, v, u, u, ks, j, s, respectively. |
Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Inuujulimaat aniqtirijulimaat inuulaurmata isumarsurɫutik ammalu ajjiuqatigiikɫutik nirsuangunikkut ammalu pijunnaititigut. Isuqaqtuqutiqartitauvalirput pijjutiqarnikkut qatanngutigiittiariaqarnikkullu.