This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Acehnese. 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.

Acɛh/Acèh
The Acehnese alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	a	[a]
2	Ã ã	a	[ã]
3	B b	b	[b]
4	Bh bh	bh	[bʱ]
5	C c	c	[c]
6	Ch ch	ch	[cʰ]
7	D d	d	[d]
8	Dh dh	dh	[dʱ]
9	E e	é	[e]
10	Ẽ ẽ	é	[ẽ]
11	Ë ë	e, ë	[ə]
12	Ë ë	e, ë	[ə̃]
13	Ɛ ɛ	è	[ɛ]
14	Ɛ˜ ɛ̃	è	[ɛ̃]
15	Ɛ¨ ɛ¨	ö	[ʌ]
16	Ɛ¨˜ ɛ̃¨	ö	[ʌ̃]
17*	F f	f	[f/pʰ]
18	G g	g	[g]
19	Gh gh	gh	[gʱ]
20	H h	h	[h]
21	I i	i	[i]
22	Ĩ ĩ	i	[ĩ]
23	Ï ï	eu	[ɨ]
24	Ϙ ï˜	eu	[ɨ˜]
25	J j	j	[ɟ]
26	Jh jh	jh	[ɟʱ]
27	K k	k	[k]
28	Kh kh	kh	[kʰ]
29	L l	l	[l]
30	Lh lh	lh	[lʰ]
31	M m	m	[m]
32	Mb mb	mb	[ᵐb]
33	N n	n	[n]
34	Nd nd	nd	[ⁿd]
35	Ñ ñ	ny	[ɲ]
36	Ñj ñj	ñj	[ᶮɟ]
37	Ŋ ŋ	ng	[ŋ]
38	Ŋg ŋg	ngg	[ᵑg]
39	O o	ô	[o]
40	Õ õ	ô	[õ]
41	Ɔ ɔ	o	[ɔ]
42	Ɔ˜ ɔ˜	o	[ɔ̃]
43	P p	p	[p]
44	Ph ph	ph	[pʰ]
45*	Q q	q	[q/k]
46	R r	r	[r]
47	Rh rh	rh	[rʰ]
48	S s	s	[s]
49	Š š	sh	[ʃ]
50	T t	t	[t]
51	Th th	th	[tʰ]
52	U u	u	[u]
53	Ũ ũ	u	[ũ]
54*	V v	v	[v/bʱ]
55	W w	w	[w]
56*	X x	x	[ks]
57	Y y	y	[j]
58*	Z z	z	[z/dʱ]
*These letters are only used in loanwords.

Text example
Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Bandum urïëŋ lahe dïŋon mïrdehka, dan dïŋon martabat dan hak ñjaŋ saban. Ŋon akai gïsïmike, ŋon hate gïmïrasa, bandum gïtañjoë lagɛë sjɛëdara. Hak dan kïmuliaan.

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