This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Abkhaz. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Ap'sua lat'ɨn alfavit/Аҧсуа лаҭын алфавит
The Abkhaz Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

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Latin letter

Cyrillic letter

IPA

1

A a

А а

[a]

2

B b

Б б

[b]

3

C c

Ц ц

[t͡s]

4 Cw cw Цә цә [t͡ɕʷʰ]
5 C' c' Ҵ ҵ [t͡sʼ]

6

C'w c'w Ҵә ҵә [t͡ɕʼʷ]

7

Č č

Ҷ ҷ

[t͡ʃʼ]

8

Čh čh Ч ч [t͡ʃʰ]
9 Ć ć Ҿ ҿ [t͡ʂʼ]
10 Ć' ć' Ҽ ҽ [t͡ʂʰ]

11

D d

Д д

[d]

12 Dw dw Дә дә [dʷ]

13

E e

Е е

[ɛ]

14

F f

Ф ф

[f]

15

G g

Г г

[g]

16

Gy gy Гь гь [gʲ]
17 Gw gw Гә гә [gʷ]
18 Ǧ ǧ Ҕ ҕ [ʁ/ɣ]

19

Ǧy ǧy Ҕь ҕь [ʁʲ/ɣʲ]

20

Ǧw ǧw Ҕә ҕә [ʁʷ/ɣʷ]
21 H h Ҳ ҳ [ħ]
21 Hw hw Ҳә ҳә [ħʷ]

22

I i И и [j/jɨ/ɨj/i]
23 Ɨ ɨ Ы ы [ɨ]

24

J j Ӡ ӡ [d͡z]
25 Jw jw Ӡә ӡә [d͡ʑʷ]
26 J´j´ Џ џ [d͡ʐ]
27 J̌ ǰ Џь џь [d͡ʒ]

28

K k

К к

[kʼ]

29 Ky ky Кь кь [kʼʲ]
30 Kw kw Кә кә [kʼʷ]
31 K' k' Қ қ

[kʰ]

32 K'y k'y Қь қь [kʲʰ]
33 K'w k'w Қә қә [kʷʰ]
34

L l

Л л

[l]

35

M m

М м

[m]

36

N n

Н н

[n]

37

O o

О о

[ɔ]

38

P p

П п

[pʼ]

39 P' p' Ҧ ҧ [pʰ]
40 Q q Ҟ ҟ

[qʼ]

41 Qy qy Ҟь ҟь [qʼʲ]
42 Qw qw Ҟә ҟә [qʼʷ]
43

R r

Р р

[r]

44

S s

С с

[s]

45

Ś ś

Ш ш

[ʂ]

46 Š š Шь шь [ʃ]
47 Šw šw Шә шә [ʃʷ]
48

T t

Т т

[t]

49 Tw tw Тә тә [tʼʷ]
50 T' t' Ҭ ҭ [tʰ]
51 T'h t'h Ҭә ҭә [tʷʰ]
52

U u

У у

[w/wɨ/ɨw/u]

53

V v

В в

[v]

54 W w Ә ә [ʷ]
55 Ẅ ẅ Ҩ ҩ [ɥ/ɥˤ]

56

X x Х х

[x/χ]

57 Xy xy Хә хә [xʲ/χʲ]
58 Xw xw Хь хь [xʷ/χʷ]

59

Y y

Ь ь [ʲ]
60

Z z

З з

[z]

61

Ź ź

Ж ж

[ʐ]

62 Ž ž Жь жь [ʒ]
63 Žw žw Жә жә [ʒʷ]

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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