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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Inuktitut on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Inuktitut in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The first efforts to write Inuktitut came from Moravian missionaries in Greenland and Labrador in the mid-19th century using Latin script. The first book printed in Inuktitut using Cree script was an 8-page pamphlet known as Selections from the Gospels in the dialect of the Inuit of Little Whale River (ᒋᓴᓯᑊ ᐅᑲᐤᓯᐣᑭᐟ, "Jesus' words"), [4] printed by John Horden in 1855–56 ...
The words Inuktitut, or more correctly Inuktut ('Inuit language') are increasingly used to refer to both Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut together, or "Inuit languages" in English. [ 12 ] Nunavut is the home of some 24,000 Inuit, over 80% of whom speak Inuktitut.
1.4 How to pronounce inuktitut sounds (syllables) ᔨ, ᔩ (ji), ᔪ, ᔫ (ju), ᔭ and ᔮ (ja )?
In addition, some dialects of Inuktitut pronounce [bl] ([vl] in Inupiatun) in place of the geminated lateral approximant /ll/. The phonological status of this distinction is uncertain – some dialects have both [bl] and [ll]. This feature is generally characteristic of western and central dialects as opposed to eastern ones.
Inuktitut: ISO 639-3: ikt Inuinnaqtun, Western Canadian Inuktitut: Glottolog: west2618 Western Canadian Inuktitut: This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.
Kuujjuaq (; Inuktitut: ᑰᑦᔪᐊᖅ or ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ, 'Great River'), [5] formerly known as Suoivauqaj (ᓲᐃᕙᐅᖃᔾ) and by other names, is a former Hudson's Bay Company outpost at the mouth of the Koksoak River on Ungava Bay that has become the largest northern village (Inuit community) in the Nunavik region of Quebec, Canada.
Qikiqtarjuaq (Inuktitut pronunciation: [qikiqtaʁjuˈaq] 'big island'; [6] formerly known as Broughton Island until November 1998 / ˈ b r ɔː t ən /, [7]) is a community located on Broughton Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.