The charts below show the way in which the IPA represents Inuktitut pronunciations.[1]
IPA |
Syllabics |
Examples |
English approximation
|
Consonants
|
|
+ a
|
+ aː
|
+ i
|
+ iː
|
+ u
|
+ uː
|
final
|
|
h
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ᐦ
|
u.qa.uh.iː.ti.ɣut
|
hat
|
p
|
ᐸ
|
ᐹ
|
ᐱ
|
ᐲ
|
ᐳ
|
ᐴ
|
ᑉ
|
taq.sa.liq.paːq.tut
|
pig
|
t
|
ᑕ
|
ᑖ
|
ᑎ
|
ᑏ
|
ᑐ
|
ᑑ
|
ᑦ
|
i.nuk.ti.tut
|
tiger
|
k
|
ᑲ
|
ᑳ
|
ᑭ
|
ᑮ
|
ᑯ
|
ᑰ
|
ᒃ
|
u.ka.li.ma.juq
|
kid
|
ɣ
|
ᒐ
|
ᒑ
|
ᒋ
|
ᒌ
|
ᒍ
|
ᒎ
|
ᒡ
|
u.qau.miŋ.ɣit
|
no English equivalent
|
m
|
ᒪ
|
ᒫ
|
ᒥ
|
ᒦ
|
ᒧ
|
ᒨ
|
ᒻ
|
am.ma
|
man
|
n
|
ᓇ
|
ᓈ
|
ᓂ
|
ᓃ
|
ᓄ
|
ᓅ
|
ᓐ
|
a.naː.na
|
now
|
s
|
ᓴ
|
ᓵ
|
ᓯ
|
ᓰ
|
ᓱ
|
ᓲ
|
ᔅ
|
su.qu.siq.paː
|
sit
|
l
|
ᓚ
|
ᓛ
|
ᓕ
|
ᓖ
|
ᓗ
|
ᓘ
|
ᓪ
|
i.li
|
like
|
j
|
ᔭ
|
ᔮ
|
ᔨ
|
ᔩ
|
ᔪ
|
ᔫ
|
ᔾ
|
u.qau.si.ʁi.jau.juq
|
you
|
v
|
ᕙ
|
ᕚ
|
ᕕ
|
ᕖ
|
ᕗ
|
ᕘ
|
ᕝ
|
iv.vil.li
|
very
|
ʁ
|
ᕋ
|
ᕌ
|
ᕆ
|
ᕇ
|
ᕈ
|
ᕉ
|
ᕐ
|
ti.ti.ʁau.siq
|
somewhat like run
|
q
|
ᖃ
|
ᖄ
|
ᕿ
|
ᖀ
|
ᖁ
|
ᖂ
|
ᖅ
|
aq.qa
|
scar
|
ŋ
|
ᖓ
|
ᖔ
|
ᖏ
|
ᖐ
|
ᖑ
|
ᖒ
|
ᖕ
|
u.ju.ŋa
|
sing
|
(geminated) ŋː
|
ᙵ
|
ᙶ
|
ᙱ
|
ᙲ
|
ᙳ
|
ᙴ
|
ᖖ
|
tu.ŋːa.su.ɣit
|
somewhat like sing
|
ɬ
|
ᖤ
|
ᖥ
|
ᖠ
|
ᖡ
|
ᖢ
|
ᖣ
|
ᖦ
|
mi.lik.ɬu.ɣit
|
somewhat like play
|
|
IPA
|
Syllabic
|
Examples |
English approximation
|
Vowels
|
a
|
ᐊ
|
aq.qa
|
bra
|
aː
|
ᐋ
|
a.taː.tan
|
long a
|
i
|
ᐃ
|
i.nuk.ti.tut
|
city
|
iː
|
ᐄ
|
u.qa.ti.si.liːt
|
see
|
u
|
ᐅ
|
i.nu.it
|
somewhat like good
|
uː
|
ᐆ
|
i.nuk.ti.tuː.suː.ŋu.vit
|
food
|
Stress
|
'
|
Primary stress on penultimate syllable (placed before the stressed syllable). The stress is always on the last syllable.
|
Syllables
|
.
|
Syllables are between dots. They can be: CVC, CV or V.
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- ↑ Inuktitut language. (2012). Omniglot. Retrieved September 14, 2012, from link
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