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Each letter of Inuktitut syllabics is transliterated with two braille cells. The first cell indicated the orientation of the syllabic letter, and the second its shape. Since the orientation of a letter indicates the vowel of a syllable, and shape indicates the consonant, this means that the syllable ''ki'', for example, is written ''ik''. Vowel length, indicated with a diacritic dot in syllabics, is written by adding an extra dot to the consonant letter in braille, so that the syllable ''kī'' is effectively written ''iķ'' in braille.Vowels
The four vowel letters are as follows: : The vowels ''u'' and ''a'' mimic the orientations of some consonants carrying these vowels, being practically identical to the null-consonant syllables ᐅ ''u'' and ᐊ ''a'' as well as to ᐳ ''pu'' and ᐸ ''pa''. Vowel letters do not occur alone, but are carried by a null consonant to write a vowel-initial syllable. For a long vowel, a dot is added to the null consonant letter, . Thus the syllables consisting of a vowel only are written: : ᐁ ''ai'' : ᐃ ''i'' : ᐄ ''ī'' : ᐅ ''u'' : ᐆ ''ū'' : ᐊ ''a'' : ᐋ ''ā'' Consonants followConsonants
Inuktitut braille consonants were chosen according to romanized Inuktitut rather than syllabics. For example, ᖅ ''q'' is written with the single letter , braille ''q'', rather than as ᕐ ''r'' plus ᒃ ''k'' as it is in syllabics. Consonant assignments differ somewhat from English and international conventions. Since ''v'' in English Braille, , has a dot at position 6, which is used for long vowels in Inuktitut Braille, the letter for the similar sound ''f'', , was substituted for ᕝ ''v''. The Inuktitut letters for ''ng, nng,'' and ''ł'' have no simple equivalent in English Braille, so the braille letters for English ''e, d,'' and ''c'' are used.The source contradicts itself on this point, also saying that is used for ''ł'',and gives no textual examples to clarify. However, that would mean that ''ł'' with a long vowel would be written , identical to the vowel ''a''. We assume, therefore, that is a printing error and that is correct. The consonants are therefore as follows: : For example, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ''Nunavut'' is in braille (literally "unanuvt"), and ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ''Nunavik'' is . Inuktitut syllabics are irregular for the last few letters: ''ng'' and ''nng'' are only diacritics, and require a carrying letter ''g'' to support a vowel; ''ł'' has irregular rotation, and ''h'' is a diacritic requiring the null consonant to support a vowel. In Inuktitut Braille, however, they behave as any other consonant, so that all CV syllables are written with two braille cells regardless of how the consonant is written in syllabics. For example, ᙱ ''nngi'' is just , and ᕼᐃ ''hi'' is just .Digits and punctuation
Digits and punctuation are identical to those ofExamples
The following is a sample text, first in braille, then in syllabics and romanization. :⠕⠁⠪⠟⠘⠇⠪⠭⠘⠗⠞⠀⠕⠁⠪⠟⠕⠁⠘⠎⠪⠟⠟⠕⠞⠘⠝⠅ :ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕆᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ :''uqalimārit uqausiqaqtunit'' :⠘⠁⠕⠝⠕⠟⠘⠞⠞⠪⠞⠂⠀⠘⠁⠘⠇⠟⠕⠅⠘⠎⠕⠟⠘⠞⠞⠪⠞⠂ :ᐃᓄᖁᑎᑦᑕ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖁᑎᑦᑕ, :''inuqutitta, iliqkusiqutitta,'' :⠕⠡⠪⠍⠕⠚⠞⠂⠀⠘⠁⠘⠇⠪⠞⠘⠗⠪⠚⠕⠁⠚⠕⠚⠘⠞⠞⠪⠞⠂ :ᐆᒪᔪᑦ, ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᑦᑕ, :''ūmajut, ilitarijaujjutitta,'' :⠘⠏⠘⠛⠪⠁⠗⠘⠝⠘⠗⠪⠇⠕⠁⠟⠪⠞⠞⠪⠞⠂ :ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑕ, :''pigiarnirilauqtatta,'' :⠕⠝⠪⠝⠕⠋⠪⠾⠟⠘⠎⠪⠍⠘⠝⠞⠪⠞⠕⠇ :ᓄᓇᕗᑖᖅᓯᒪᓂᑦᑕᓗ :''nunavutāqsimanittalu'' :⠘⠍⠅⠪⠮⠕⠽⠪⠑⠕⠚⠘⠝⠅⠂⠀⠪⠁⠍⠪⠍⠕⠇ :ᒥᒃᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ :''miksānūngajunik, ammalu'' :⠪⠁⠘⠍⠕⠎⠅⠪⠅⠝⠘⠝⠗⠘⠝⠅⠲ :ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᒃ. :''amisukkannirnik.''References
See also
* Iñupiaq Braille {{Braille French-ordered braille alphabets Inuktitut Writing systems introduced in 2012