This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Assiniboine. 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.
Nakoda
The Assiniboine Latin alphabet
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Latin letter |
IPA |
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1 |
A a |
[a] |
| 2 | Ã ã | [ã] |
| 3 | B b | [b] |
| 4 |
C c |
[t͡ʃʰ] |
| 5 | Cʼ cʼ | [t͡ʃʼ] |
| 6 | D d | [d] |
| 7 |
E e |
[e] |
| 8 | G g | [g] |
| 9 | Ǧ ǧ | [ɣ] |
| 10 | H h | [h] |
| 11 | I i | [i] |
| 12 | Ĩ ĩ | [ĩ] |
| 13 | J j | [d͡ʒ] |
| 14 |
K k |
[kʰ] |
| 15 | Kʼ kʼ | [kʼ] |
| 16 |
M m |
[m] |
| 17 |
N n |
[n] |
| 18 |
O o |
[o] |
| 19 | P p | [pʰ] |
| 20 | Pʼ pʼ | [pʼ] |
| 21 |
S s |
[s] |
| 22 |
Sʼ sʼ |
[sʼ] |
| 23 | Š š | [ʃ] |
| 24 | Šʼ šʼ | [ʃʼ] |
| 25 |
T t |
[tʰ] |
| 26 | Tʼ tʼ | [tʼ] |
| 27 |
U u |
[u] |
| 28 | Ũ ũ | [ũ] |
| 29 | W w | [w] |
| 30 | X x | [x] |
| 31 |
Xʼ xʼ |
[xʼ] |
| 32 | Y y | [j] |
| 33 | Z z | [z] |
| 34 | Ž ž | [ʒ] |
| 35 | ʔ ʔ | [ʔ] |
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There would not be letters f, l, q, r, v, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by
p, ʕ, k, ʕ, b,
respectively. Stress is marked with an acute accent (´). |
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Text example
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Ĩto gan tiwicoda tibi. Tiwicoda duka wãjĩna hũga ca witãga oti, hũšta. Cũwĩtku num wikoškebi hũšta. Jeca šũga-šana hãyakena hiyaya hũšta. Je duwa yuza šten cũwĩtku nũpin kʼu kta geya hũšta. Jecen hãyakena koška kĩ iyuhana giktabi. Kuwabi hũšta. Kuwabi keš duweni yuzeš. Jeci ihãge ekta wãgãgãna wãjĩ tagojakpagu hokšina gici ti.