Wicuwit’en
The Babine-Witsuwit'en alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a~æ]
2	B b	B b	[p]
3	C c	Ts ts	[t͡sʰ]
4	Cʼ cʼ	Tsʼ tsʼ	[t͡sʼ]
5	D d	D d	[t]
6	Dł dł	Dl dl	[t͡ɬ]
7	E e	E e	[e]
8	Ɛ ɛ	Ë ë	[ɛ]
9	G g	G g	[c]
10	Gw gw	Gw gw	[kʷ]
11	Ƣ ƣ	Gg gg	[q]
12	Ƣ̌ ƣ̌	Gh gh	[ʁ]
13	H h	H h	[h]
14	Hw hw	Wh wh	[xʷ]
15	Hy hy	Yh yh	[ç]
16	I i	Ï ï	[i]
17	Ì ì	I i	[ə~ı]
18	J j	Dz dz	[t͡s]
19	K k	K k	[cʰ]
20	Kw kw	Kw kw	[kʷʰ]
21	Kʼ kʼ	Kʼ kʼ	[cʼ]
22	Kʼw kʼw	Kwʼ kwʼ	[kʷʼ]
23	L l	L l	[l]
24	Ł ł	Lh lh	[ɬ]
25	M m	M m	[m]
26	N n	N n	[n]
27	O o	O o	[o]
28	P p	P p	[pʰ]
29	Q q	K k	[qʰ]
30	Qʼ qʼ	Kʼ kʼ	[qʼ]
31	S s	S s	[s]
32	T t	T t	[tʰ]
33	Tʼ tʼ	Tʼ tʼ	[tʼ]
34	Tł tł	Tl tl	[t͡ɬʰ]
35	Tłʼ tłʼ	Tlʼ tlʼ	[t͡ɬʼ]
36	U u	U u	[u]
37	W w	W w	[w]
38	X x	Kh kh	[χ]
39	Y y	Y y	[j]
40	Z z	Z z	[z]
41	ʔ ʔ	’	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, r, v, which would be replaced by p, l, p, respectively.

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