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

Háauqyài
The Bouyei Latin alphabet

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

Initials
b
[p]
p
[pʰ]
f
[f]
v
[v]
m
[m]
d
[t]
t
[tʰ]
ls
[ɬ]
l
[l]
n
[n]
g
[k]
k
[kʰ]
h
[x]
gh
[ɣ]
ng
[ŋ]
j
[tɕ]
q
[tɕʰ]
x
[ɕ]
y
[j]
ny
[ɲ]
z
[ts]
c
[tsʰ]
s
[s]
r
[z]
by
[pʲ]
mb
[ɓ]
my
[mʲ]
qy
[ˀj]
gv
[kʷ]
nd
[ɗ]
ngv
[ŋʷ]
qv
[ˀv]
Finals
a
[a/ə]
aa
[aː]
e
[e]
i
[i]
o
[ɔ]
oo
[o]
u
[u]
w
[ɯ]
Tones
1 dark level â
2 light level a
3 dark rising ǎ
4 light rising à
5 dark departing á
6 light departing ā

Text example
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