tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post7944692675994014711..comments2024-01-20T06:49:41.144-05:00Comments on Jen of Nunavut: What I didn't know about Syllabicsjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870234938205295011noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-22385421209310991612007-11-25T16:46:00.000-05:002007-11-25T16:46:00.000-05:00It's based on Pitman shorthand if you want to do m...It's based on Pitman shorthand if you want to do more research on it. :)<BR/><BR/>JaimeJaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09421598387629137548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-50932018589104129362007-11-24T12:49:00.000-05:002007-11-24T12:49:00.000-05:00I translated my name off my business card and got ...I translated my name off my business card and got Kiriina, which I thought sounded pretty cool. <BR/>I find it really interesting that Innuinaqtun, on the other hand, is written in roman characters.Kate Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02922631587427699587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-7842356887510582802007-11-24T00:02:00.000-05:002007-11-24T00:02:00.000-05:00Sorry... i mean rotated and/or reflected.... but s...Sorry... i mean rotated and/or reflected.... but still only two affine transformationsAlekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526692848354571618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-38994911700247515652007-11-23T23:56:00.000-05:002007-11-23T23:56:00.000-05:00I was studying the photocopy of syllabics Macussie...I was studying the photocopy of syllabics Macussie gave me on the plane ride home. Actually they're really frickin easy to learn. <BR/><BR/>There are like a dozen base symbols representing consonants, and the symbols are rotated by each vowel tacked onto it. So if you can memorize like a dozen shapes, and three rotations (four if you could the little mini version that represents "without vowel"), you basically know how to read Inuktitut.<BR/><BR/>I was reading shit by the time I got to Iqaluit... not that I was UNDERSTANDING it mind you. But interestingly Iqaluit is technically spelt with an "r" after the first I.Alekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526692848354571618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-56205373972195380622007-11-23T23:50:00.000-05:002007-11-23T23:50:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526692848354571618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-71270135942822850362007-11-23T21:38:00.000-05:002007-11-23T21:38:00.000-05:00Really? Like it already exists? or do you have to ...Really? Like it already exists? or do you have to download a font?jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870234938205295011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37383956.post-64570717684120004372007-11-23T20:53:00.000-05:002007-11-23T20:53:00.000-05:00The day after I read this post of yours, Jen, I fo...The day after I read this post of yours, Jen, I found an instructional booklet on how to TYPE syllabics correctly, using a "normal" keyboard.<BR/><BR/>Weird eh?Jackie S. Quirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470854932663182657noreply@blogger.com