Jose Kusugak, on establishing a common circumpolar Inuktitut writing system... “I think Inuit will have to trust linguists and mandate professional users of the Inuktitut language, such as teachers, curriculum developers, writers and others. People will have to leave their emotional attachments out of it. If you do it scientifically, it’s workable because there is a natural similarity and same history and background. So, if it is the will of the people to develop a common writing system internationally, it can be done. At some point it will be absolutely necessary because of computers and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference. If we develop a virtual university, for example, and if we want to read each other’s newspapers and e-mails and so on, we will need a common Inuktitut writing system that we can all read and understand.”

Inuktitut 93, 2003