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Which Inuktitut writing system, introduced by Anglican missionaries in the 19th century, uses geometric symbols to represent syllables?

Inuktitut syllabics (qaniujaaqpait) were adapted from Cree syllabics by Anglican missionaries Edmund Peck and others in the late 19th century and are still used in Nunavut and Nunavik.

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