ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ!
say it: “AI-ngai”
Inuktitut
in its own words: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
- Speakers
- 40 thousand (estimate)
- Family
- Eskimo-Aleut
- Vitality
- Vulnerable
- Where it is spoken
- Canada
- Script
- Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, Latin
- Official language
- Canada (regional)
Fun fact
Inuktitut syllabics were adapted from the Cree syllabary. The shape of a sign gives the consonant and its orientation the vowel: ᐱ pi, ᐳ pu, ᐸ pa.