Inuktitut
· ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦVulnerableEsquimo-aleutiana · Ártico canadiense (Nunavut)Word Constructor
These languages build new words by joining roots and affixes. Type in Spanish or English and construct the word or phrase in the language.
Morphology explorer
Break a word into roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Language structure
How this language works — its word order, morphology, sounds and writing. This reference also grounds the AI Word Constructor.
Word order
SOV order.
Morphology
Polysynthetic and EXCLUSIVELY suffixing: a root takes a long chain of derivational ('postbase') suffixes then inflectional ones (case, number, person), sometimes forming a whole clause as one word.
Sounds (phonology)
Three vowels (a, i, u) with length; uvular consonants.
Writing system
Traditionally written in Inuit syllabics.
Key features
- A single word can be a whole sentence.
- Ergative alignment.
- Suffixing only.
This reference is also fed to the AI Word Constructor so it builds words the way the language actually works.