Nunavik school board launches new Inuktitut keyboard – Nunatsiaq News

iNaqittaq software offered free, compatible with Apple products

November 23, 2015

Nunavik’s Kativik School Board has launched new Inuktitut keyboard software for iOS devices, hoping it will encourage the use of the Inuit language at home and at school.

The KSB’s iNaqittaq keyboard uses the Nunavik syllabary and is now available to be downloaded for free from the Apple App store, the school board said Nov. 23.

Once the software is installed on iPads, iPhones, and iPods compatible with iOS 8, the new keyboard will let users choose an Inuktitut syllabic keyboard instead of English or French keyboard layouts.