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Inuits - The Northern People

 

The Language of the Inuit

 

The Inuit people did not have a written language until 1894. In 1894 a man named Edmund Peck gave the Inuit a written form of lanuage derived from the Pittman shorthand method. This language is still in use by the Inuit.

The Inuktitut language consist of symbols that represent syllables. It also has symbols that represent consonants. This makes the Inuktitut easier to understand by cultures who use an alphabet.

Inuktitut has some sounds that are not in European-based languages. The vowel "A" sounds like the a in father, the "I" sounds like the ee in see, and the "U" sounds like the oo in moon.

 

 

 

 

Stories of the Northern People - The Inuits "Legends"

 

 

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