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

C.inłqut’in/Tŝinlhqut’in
The Chilcotin alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

IPA

1

A a

[ɛ~ə]

2

 Ā ā [æ~a]

3

 B b [p]

4

C c

 [t̪͡s̪ʰ]

5

Cʼ cʼ

 [t̪͡s̪ʼ]

6

 C. c. [t͡s̱ˤʰ]
7 C.ʼ c.ʼ [t͡s̱ˤʼ]
8 Č č [t͡ʃʰ]
9 Čʼ čʼ

[t͡ʃʼ]
10 D d [t̪]
11 Dł dł [t͡ɬ]

12

 G g [k]

13

 Gw gw [kʷ]
14 Ƣ ƣ [q]
15 Ƣw ƣw [qʷ]
16 Ƣˇ ƣˇ [ʁ]
17 Ƣˇw ƣˇw [ʁʷ]
18 H h [h]
19 I i [ɪ~ᵊɪ]
20 Ī ī [i~ᵊi~e]
21 J j [t̪͡s̪]
22 J. j. [t͡s̱ˤ]
23 J̌ ǰ [t͡ʃ]
24

K k

[kʰ]
25 Kw kw [kʷʰ]
26

Kʼ kʼ

 [kʼ]
27 Kʼw kʼw [kʷʼ]
28 Ǩ ǩ [xʷ]
29 L l [l]
30 Ł ł [ɬ]
31

M m

[m]
32 N n [n̪]
33

P p

[pʰ]
34

Q q

[qʰ]
35 Qw qw [qʷʰ]
36

Qʼ qʼ

 [qʼ]
37 Qʼw qʼw [qʷʼ]
38 Qˇ qˇ [χ]
39 Qˇw qˇw [χʷ]
40

S s

[s̪]
41 Ṣ ṣ [s̱ˤ]
42

T t

[t̪ʰ]
43

Tʼ tʼ

 [t̪ʼ]
44 Tł tł [t͡ɬʰ]
45 Tłʼ tłʼ [t͡ɬʼ]
46 U u [ʊ~ɔ]
47 Ū ū [u~o]
48

W w

[w]
49 X x [ç]
50 Y y [j]
51 Z z [z̪]
52 Ẓ ẓ [ẕˤ]
53 ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters e, f, o, r, v, which would be replaced by i, p, u, l, p, respectively.

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