Inuktitut
Inuktitut is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Canada. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Eastern Canadian Inuktitut is written in syllabics adapted from a script missionaries devised for Cree in the 1840s. It is polysynthetic: a single long word can carry the meaning of a whole English sentence.
Written down
ᐃᓅᔪᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᓂᖅᑎᕆᔪᓕᒫᑦ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓱᒪᕐᓱᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕐᓱᐊᖑᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐃᑎᑎᒍᑦ. ᐃᓱᖃᖅᑐᖁᑎᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᕙᓕᕐᐳᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᒃᑯᓪᓗ.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Inuktitut
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ᐊᓈᓇ | anaana |
| father | ᐊᑖᑕ | ataata |
| man | ᐊᖑᑦ | angot |
| woman | ᐊᕐᓇᖅ | arnaq |
| person | ᐃᓄᒃ | inok |
| eye | ᐃᔨ | iyi |
| ear | ᓯᐅᑦ | siot |
| nose | ᕿᖓᖅ | qingaq |
| tongue | ᐅᖃᖅ | oqaq |
| hand | ᐊᒡᒐᒃ | accak |
| heart | ᐆᒻᒪᑎ | oommati |
| head | ᓂᐊᖁᖅ | niaqoq |
| blood | ᐊᐅᒃ | aok |
| liver | ᑎᖑᒃ | tinguk |
| water | ᐃᒪᖅ | imaq |
| fire | ᐃᑯᒪ | ikoma |
| sun | ᓯᕿᓂᖅ | siqiniq |
| moon | ᑕᖅᕿᖅ | taqqiq |
| sky | ᕿᓚᒃ | qilak |
| snow | ᐊᐳᑦ | apot |
| wind | ᐊᓄᕆ | anori |
| river | ᑰᒃ | kook |
| tree | ᓇᐹᖅᑐᖅ | napaaqtoq |
| leaf | ᐊᑭᕈᐊᕈᖅ | akiroaroq |
| dog | ᕿᒻᒥᖅ | qimmiq |
| fish | ᐃᖃᓗᒃ | iqalok |
| bird | ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖅ | tingmiaq |
| one | ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ | ataosiq |
| I | uvanga | |
| you | ᐃᕝᕕᑦ | ivfit |
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Vocabulary
- Western Canadian InuktitutEskimo-Aleut72% alike
- North Alaskan InupiatunEskimo-Aleut58% alike
- Seward Alaska InupiatunEskimo-Aleut55% alike
- Naukan YupikEskimo-Aleut40% alike
- Central Siberian YupikEskimo-Aleut34% alike
- KalaallisutEskimo-Aleut30% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.