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This page tests the Inuktitut Syllabary subset of the "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics" Unicode block.

It is part of the Gallery of Unicode Fonts and is based on the following sources:

The syllabary is used for Inuktitut languages/dialects:

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  Inuktitut syllable matrix  
initial
cons.		 vowels isolated
cons.
AI I II AAI U UU A AA
(none) ᐁ ᐃ ᐄ ᐂ ᐅ ᐆ ᐊ ᐋ  
U+1401 1403 1404 1402 1405 1406 140A 140B  
P ᐯ ᐱ ᐲ ᐰ ᐳ ᐴ ᐸ ᐹ ᑉ
U+142F 1431 1432 1430 1433 1434 1438 1439 U+1449
T ᑌ ᑎ ᑏ ᑍ ᑐ ᑑ ᑕ ᑖ ᑦ
U+144C 144E 144F 144D 1450 1451 1455 1456 U+1466
K ᑫ ᑭ ᑮ ᑬ ᑯ ᑰ ᑲ ᑳ ᒃ
U+146B 146D 146E 146C 146F 1470 1472 1473 U+1483
G ᒉ ᒋ ᒌ ᒊ ᒍ ᒎ ᒐ ᒑ ᒡ
U+1489 148B 148C 148A 148D 148E 1490 1491 U+14A1
M ᒣ ᒥ ᒦ ᒤ ᒧ ᒨ ᒪ ᒫ ᒻ
U+14A3 14A5 14A6 14A4 14A7 14A8 14AA 14AB U+14BB
N ᓀ ᓂ ᓃ ᓁ ᓄ ᓅ ᓇ ᓈ ᓐ
U+14C0 14C2 14C3 14C1 14C4 14C5 14C7 14C8 U+14D0
S ᓭ ᓯ ᓰ ᓮ ᓱ ᓲ ᓴ ᓵ ᔅ
U+14ED 14EF 14F0 14EE 14F1 14F2 14F4 14F5 U+1505
L ᓓ ᓕ ᓖ ᓔ ᓗ ᓘ ᓚ ᓛ ᓪ
U+14D3 14D5 14D6 14D4 14D7 14D8 14DA 14DB U+14EA
Y ᔦ ᔨ ᔩ ᔧ ᔪ ᔫ ᔭ ᔮ ᔾ
U+1526 1528 1529 1527 152A 152B 152D 152E U+153E
F ᕓ ᕕ ᕖ ᕔ ᕗ ᕘ ᕙ ᕚ ᕝ
U+1553 1555 1556 1554 1557 1558 1559 155A U+155D
R ᕂ ᕆ ᕇ ᕅ ᕈ ᕉ ᕋ ᕌ ᕐ
U+1542 1546 1547 1545 1548 1549 154B 154C U+1550
R-CREE
RE
[note 2]		 ᕃ  
U+1543
  
Q ᙯ ᕿ ᖀ ᕾ ᖁ ᖂ ᖃ ᖄ ᖅ
U+166F 157F 1580 157E 1581 1582 1583 1584 U+1585
NG
[note 3]		 ᙰ ᖏ ᖐ ᖎ ᖑ ᖒ ᖓ ᖔ ᖕ
U+1670 158F 1590 158E 1591 1592 1593 1594 U+1595
NNG [note 4] ᙱ ᙲ   ᙳ ᙴ ᙵ ᙶ ᖖ
1671 1672   1673 1674 1675 1676 U+1596
LH [note 5] ᖠ ᖡ  
 ᖢ ᖣ ᖤ ᖥ ᖦ
15A0 15A1   15A2 15A3 15A4 15A5 U+15A6
 
H
 		   [note 6]
 
GLOTTAL
STOP		 ᐟᐁ ᐟᐃ ᐟᐄ ᐟᐂ ᐟᐅ ᐟᐆ ᐟᐊ ᐟᐋ ᐟ
U+141F
U+1401		 141F
1403		 141F
1404		 141F
1402		 141F
1405		 141F
1406		 141F
140A		 141F
140B		 U+141F
 
initial
cons.		 AI I II AAI U UU A AA isolated
cons.
vowels

 

miscellaneous
characters
᙭ CHI SIGN
U+166D

additions characters for other languages and dialects
initial
consonant		 vowels isolated
consonant
E I II O OO A AA
NUNAVIK H ᕴ ᕵ ᕶ ᕷ ᕸ ᕹ ᕺ ᕻ
U+1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 157A U+157B
AIVILIK B   ᖯ
  U+15AF
NUNAVUT H   ᕼ
  U+157C

Notes:

  1. In the 1960s the AI series was dropped for typewriter hardware reasons. With that change AI (U+1401) was written as A + I (U+140A U+1403), PAI (U+142F) became PA + I (U+1438 U+1403), et cetera. The AI series has fairly recently been re-adopted by some, but not all, user communities.
  2. Some sources show RAI with the "handle" on the left, like R-CREE RE (U+1543).
  3. Some sources show the NG series with two small connected circles while others use one small circle and a small connected half-circle.
  4. I am unable to find NNGAI in Unicode. The character looks like NNG + GAI (U+1596 U+1489).
  5. I am unable to find LHAI in Unicode. The character looks like LHA (U+15A4) rotated 180 degrees.
  6. Non-Unicode sources on the Inuktitut syllabary show an isolated "h" as a raised, half-size Latin "H": H
    I am unable to find this character in Unicode.

 

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This page was updated on 2006-09-27