Kayoko̱hóónǫʔ/Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’
The Cayuga alternative orthography
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Proposed letter |
Henry letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
A a |
[a] |
2 |
à ã | A a | [ã] |
3 |
C c | ts, J j | [t͡s~t͡ʃ~d͡z~d͡ʒ] |
4 |
E e |
E e |
[e] |
5 |
Ẽ ẽ | Ȩ ȩ | [ɛ̃~ʌ̃] |
6 |
H h | H h | [h] |
7 | I i | I i | [i] |
8 |
K k |
K k, G g |
[k~g] |
9 |
L l | L l | [l] |
10 |
M m |
M m |
[m] |
11 |
N n |
N n |
[n] |
12 |
O o |
O o |
[o~u] |
13 |
Õ õ | Ǫ ǫ | [õ~ũ] |
14 | R r | R r | [ɹ] |
15 |
S s |
S s, F f |
[s~ʃ~f] |
16 |
T t |
T t, D d |
[t~d] |
17 |
U u |
U u |
[u] |
18 | W w | W w | [w] |
19 | Y y | Y y | [j] |
20 | ʔ ʔ | ⁷ | [ʔ] |
Like Henry orthography, stress falls on the last syllable of the word, it is
marked with an acute accent (´): á, ã´, é, ẽ´, í, ó, õ´, ú. But unlike the other one, long vowels are indicated by doubling the vowel, not by two dots: aa, ãã, ee, ẽẽ, ii, oo, õõ, uu. Voiceless vowels are indicated by a dot below, not by an underline: ạ ẹ ị ọ ụ. There would not be letters b, d, f, g, j, p, q(u), v, x, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by t, t, s, k, c, t, k(w), s, ks, s, respectively. |
Text example
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Nééʔ neʔ nẽẽgyẽh neʔ gwaʔyõ´ʔ gẽẽs agwaadóówaas chigeeksááʔah. Neeʔ gyẽ´ẽ´ʔ eeʔ gadoogẽ´ẽ´ nẽ.hsyeeʔ ẽhsaadóówaat toogyẽ´h neʔ iisóʔ wagyésʔageh. Neeʔ gaaoʔ niiyõõ tẽ.hsátahahk. Gwahs ʔõ´õ´ gíhniʔ waʔnééʔ gẽẽs aayẽẽʔ toh nííyoht tẽʔ tẽ.hshadiyẽ´ẽ´dii waʔnééʔ hẽnõõgweʔdaseʔshõ´õ´ʔõh. Neeʔ giʔ hõõniʔ ahííʔ gyẽ´ẽ´gwaʔ hnééhwaʔ aagatróówiʔ gyẽ´ẽ´gwaʔ hnééhwaʔ sõõgááʔah ẽhodiʔnikwáẽdaʔ nẽẽgyẽ´h hwaʔ shẽh nigaayẽẽ.