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The Cree design, carried north.
Also known as: Nunavut syllabics
The script adapted from Cree syllabics to write Inuktitut, and now co-official in Nunavut.
Writes Inuktitut using the rotating-character principle taken from Cree syllabics.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Carries official status in Nunavut, which makes it one of very few scripts designed in the modern era to reach co-official standing in a jurisdiction rather than remaining a minority practice.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Angular triangle and hook figures rotated to four positions following the Cree design, with additional characters and small raised finals for sounds Cree does not have.
Inuktitut syllabics adapt the Cree rotating-character design to a different language.