Tool to translate/read/write in Inuktitut, a language based on a syllabary alphabet used in northern Canada (especially by the Inuits).
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Inuktitut Language
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What is Inuktitut? (Definition)
Inuktitut is a language (still existing) spoken and written by the inhabitants (generally Inuit) of northern Canada. Inuktitut uses a syllabary alphabet (words are made up of syllables, not letters).
How to write in Inuktitut?
Writing in Inuktitut is writing syllables by syllables, Inuktitut has about 120.
| ᐁ | ai | ᐃ | i | ᐄ | ii | ᐅ | u |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ᐆ | uu | ᐊ | a | ᐋ | aa | ᕼ | h |
| ᐦ | h | ᐯ | pai | ᐱ | pi | ᐲ | pii |
| ᐳ | pu | ᐴ | puu | ᐸ | pa | ᐹ | paa |
| ᑉ | p | ᑌ | tai | ᑎ | ti | ᑏ | tii |
| ᑐ | tu | ᑑ | tuu | ᑕ | ta | ᑖ | taa |
| ᑦ | t | ᑫ | kai | ᑭ | ki | ᑮ | kii |
| ᑯ | ku | ᑰ | kuu | ᑲ | ka | ᑳ | kaa |
| ᒃ | k | ᒉ | gai | ᒋ | gi | ᒌ | gii |
| ᒍ | gu | ᒎ | guu | ᒐ | ga | ᒑ | gaa |
| ᒡ | g | ᒣ | mai | ᒥ | mi | ᒦ | mii |
| ᒧ | mu | ᒨ | muu | ᒪ | ma | ᒫ | maa |
| ᒻ | m | ᓀ | nai | ᓂ | ni | ᓃ | nii |
| ᓄ | nu | ᓅ | nuu | ᓇ | na | ᓈ | naa |
| ᓐ | n | ᓭ | sai | ᓯ | si | ᓰ | sii |
| ᓱ | su | ᓲ | suu | ᓴ | sa | ᓵ | saa |
| ᔅ | s | ᓓ | lai | ᓕ | li | ᓖ | lii |
| ᓗ | lu | ᓘ | luu | ᓚ | la | ᓛ | laa |
| ᓪ | l | ᔦ | jai | ᔨ | ji | ᔩ | jii |
| ᔪ | ju | ᔫ | juu | ᔭ | ja | ᔮ | jaa |
| ᔾ | j | ᕓ | vai | ᕕ | vi | ᕖ | vii |
| ᕗ | vu | ᕘ | vuu | ᕙ | va | ᕚ | vaa |
| ᕝ | v | ᕃ | rai | ᕆ | ri | ᕇ | rii |
| ᕈ | ru | ᕉ | ruu | ᕋ | ra | ᕌ | raa |
| ᕐ | r | ᙯ | qai | ᕿ | qi | ᖀ | qii |
| ᖁ | qu | ᖂ | quu | ᖃ | qa | ᖄ | qaa |
| ᖅ | q | ᙰ | ngai | ᖏ | ngi | ᖐ | ngii |
| ᖑ | ngu | ᖒ | nguu | ᖓ | nga | ᖔ | ngaa |
| ᖕ | ng | ᙱ | nngi | ᙲ | nngii | ᙳ | nngu |
| ᙴ | nnguu | ᙵ | nnga | ᙶ | nngaa | ᖖ | nng |
| ᖠ | łi | ᖡ | łii | ᖢ | łu | ᖣ | łuu |
| ᖤ | ła | ᖥ | łaa | ᖦ | ł |
Some English syllables do not exist in Inuktitut and some Inuktitut syllables do not exist in English (like ł)
Example: INUKTITUT is written ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
dCode allows you to transcribe syllables into readable text or symbols but does not actually translate words (there is no English-Inuktitut translation dictionary)
How to decrypt Inuktitut?
Reading Inuktitut consists of replacing the symbols / syllables with the corresponding pronunciations (groups of letters).
Example: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ is read INUKTITUT
How to recognize an Inuktitut ciphertext?
The message is composed of symbols mixing V-tips and loops, having representations in several directions as well as in mirror writing.
Any reference to Canada and the Inuit people is a clue.
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