This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Breton. 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.

Brezhoneg
The Breton alternative orthography/L'orthographe bretonne alternative

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
	â	â	[ɑː]
	ã	añ	[ã]
	ae	ae	[ae̯/aj]
	ao	ao	[ao̯/aw]
2	B b	B b	[b]
3	C c	Ch ch	[ʃ]
4	D d	D d	[d]
5	E e	E e	[ɛ/e]
	ê	ê	[ɛː]
	ẽ	eñ	[ẽ]
	ei	ei	[ɛi̯/ɛj]
	eö	eeu	[eø̯/ew]
	eü	eü	[ɛy̆]
6	F f	F f	[f]
7	G g	G g	[g]
	gw	gw	[gʷ]
8	H h	H h	[h]
9	I i	I i	[i]
	ĩ	iñ	[ĩ]
10	J j	J j	[ʒ]
11	K k	K k	[k]
	kw	kw	[kʷ]
12	Kh kh	C’h c’h	[x]
	khw	c’hw	[xʷ]
13	L l	L l	[l]
	lh	lh	[ʎ]
14	M m	M m	[m]
15	N n	N n	[n/ŋ]
	nh	gn	[ɲ]
16	O o	O o	[ɔ/o]
	õ	oñ	[õ]
	oa	oa	[ɔ̯a/wa]
	ôa	ôa	[oːa]
	oe	oe	[ɔ̯ɛ/wɛ]
	ou	aou	[ɔʊ̯/ɔw]
	où	où	[u/o/ow]
	oü	oü	[oy̆]
17	Ö ö	eu	[œ/ø]
	ö˜	euñ	[ø˜]
	öe	eue	[ø̯e/ɥe]
18	P p	P p	[p]
19	R r	R r	[ʀ/ʁ/r/ɾ/ɹ]
20	S s	S s	[s]
	sh	sh	[s/h]
21	T t	T t	[t]
22	U u	ou	[u]
	ũ	ouñ	[ũ]
23	Ü ü	u	[y]
	ü˜	uñ	[ỹ]
24	V v	V v	[v]
	vh	vh	[f]
25	W w	W w	[w]
26	Ẅ ẅ	u	[ɥ]
27	Y y	Y y	[j]
28	Z z	Z z	[z]
	zh	zh	[z/h]
There would not be letters q(u), x, which would be replaced by k(w), ks respectively.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Diöb ha par en o dellezegezh hag o gwirioù eo ganet an holl dud. Poell ha skiant zo dezho ha dleut a reont bevã an eil gant egile en ür spered a genvrödöriezh.

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