CAS for Greenlandic (ᑲᓚᐊᖠᓱᑦ)

CAS for Greenlandic is a way to write Greenlandic with Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics (CAS) devised by Malcolm Lutz. He decided to create it after realising that there was no method of writing Greenlandic with the CAS, unlike Inuktitut, a close relative of Greenlandic.

Notable features

Type of writing system: syllabary
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Greenlandic

CAS for Greenlandic

Sample text in CAS for Greenlandic

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᒍᕐᐳᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᐃᕐᓯᓐᓇᐊᣚᓱᓯᖃᕐᘣᑎᒃ ᐊᔅᓯᒋᐃᒻᒥᖢ ᐊᑕᖅᕿᓇᔅᓱᓯᖃᕐᘣᑎᖢ ᐱᓯᓐᘇᐊᑎᑕᐊᕝᕕᖃᕐᘣᑎᒃ ᙮ ᓯᓚᖃᣚᓱᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᕐᓂᖢ ᓇᓗᓐᓐᒋᔅᓱᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᐱᓯᓐᓇᐊᑎᑕᐊᕝᕕᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᐃᒻᒥᓐᓄᖢ ᐃᓕᓗᕐᕕᒋᖃᑎᒋᐃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᖃᑕᓐᓐᒍᑎᒋᐃᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖃᑎᐃᓐᓂᕈᑉ ᐊᓂᕐᓴᐊᐗᓂ᙮

Transliteration

Inuit tamarmik inunngorput nammineersinnaassuseqarlutik assigiimmillu ataqqinassuseqarlutillu pisinnaatitaaffeqarlutik. Silaqassusermik tarnillu nalunngissusianik pilersugaapput, imminnullu iliorfigeqatigiittariaqaraluarput qatanngutigiittut peqatigiinnerup anersaavani.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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Greenlandic language resources on Amazon

Scripts by Malcolm Lutz

CAS for Greenlandic, Graeca, Judulertak, Kiriru, Palapala Kepanī, Unified Sámi Orthography

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