ᑖᒻ ᔅᑳᑦ and ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ

Inuktitut syllabics are brilliant. A writing system that's not an alphabet, but something really clever: an abugida, one designed from scratch for a language very unlike anything European. [Pull down the description!]

Context and history:
https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.g...
https://thediscoverblog.com/2015/06/1...

I'm here because of Chris Hadfield's Generator Arctic - go check out everyone else who was on the trip, and have a look at tickets for their show at Massey Hall, Toronto, on November 12th! http://generatorevent.com

Thanks to Kataisee Attagutsiak (ᑲᑕᐃᓯ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᓯᐊᖅ) for proofreading this script! She helped put Inuktitut into Unicode, so she's something of a language hero.

The fellow travellers at the end are Norm and Joey from Tested, who'll put together videos from inside the ship!    / testedcom  

Also on the voyage:

Ben Brown -    / benbrown100   - who's been putting out daily vlogs of his experiences!

TimToTheWild, who's putting together beautiful footage:    / timtothewild  

Elmo Keep is writing about the people we met:
  / elmo_keep  

PLUS: These folks took incredible photos:
Vivienne Gucwa:   / travelinglens  
Paul Colangelo:   / paulcolangelo  
Simone Bramante:   / brahmino  

AND: writing an album on board, singer-songwriter Danny Michel:    / dannymichel  

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