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Free Inuktitut software: thanks, Microsoft!

Free Inuktitut software: thanks, Microsoft!

Nunavut Languages Minister Louis Tapardjuk lauded the work done by Microsoft to develop free software in Inuktitut. Microsoft worked with the territorial government and the Pirurvik Centre for Inuit Language, Culture and Wellbeing to program more than a million words in Inuktitut. Of these, about 5,000 are new words. Most Nunavummiut speak Inuktitut, and this project will promote its use in everyday life. To learn which software is available in Inuktitut, read Microsoft honoured for Inuit language software.