ᑖᒻ ᔅᑳᑦ and ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ

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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 • I'm at http://www.tomscott.com/ • on Twitter at / tomscott • on Facebook at / tomscott • and on Snapchat and Instagram as @tomscottgo

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