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

Denɛsųłinɛ´/Dënesųłiné
The Chipewyan alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[a]

2 Aa aa Aa aa [aː]
3 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
4 Ąą ąą Ąą ąą [ãː]
5 B b B b [p]
6

C c

Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]

7 Cʼ cʼ Tsʼ tsʼ [t͡sʼ]
8 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃ]
9 Čʼ čʼ Chʼ chʼ [t͡ʃʼ]
10 D d D d [t]
11 Dď dď Ddh ddh [t͡θ]
12 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
13 Ď ď Dh dh [ð]
14

E e

Ë ë

[e]

15 Ɛ ɛ E e [ɛ]
16 Ɛɛ ɛɛ

Ee ee

[ɛː]

17 Ɛ˛ ɛ˛ Ę ę [ɛ̃]
18 Ɛ˛ɛ˛ ɛ˛ɛ˛ Ęę ęę [ɛ̃ː]
19 G g G g [k]
20 Gw gw Gw gw [kʷ]
21 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ʁ]
22 Ǧw ǧw Ghw ghw [ʁʷ]
23 H h H h [h]
24 I i I i [i]
25 Ii ii Ii ii [iː]
26 Į į Į į [ĩ]
27 Įį įį Įį įį [ĩː]
28 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
29 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
30

K k

K k

[kʰ]

31 Kʼ kʼ Kʼ kʼ [kʼ]
32 Kw kw Kw kw [kʷʰ]
33 Kʼw kʼw Kwʼ kwʼ [kʷʼ]
34 L l L l [l]
35 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
36

M m

M m

[m]

37

N n

N n

[n]

38

O o

O o

[o]

39 R r R r [r]
40

S s

S s

[s]

41 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
42

T t

T t

[tʰ]

43 Tʼ tʼ Tʼ tʼ [tʼ]
44 Tł tł Tł tł [t͡ɬʰ]
45 Tłʼ tłʼ Tłʼ tłʼ [t͡ɬʼ]
46 Tť tť Tth tth [t͡θʰ]
47 Tťʼ tťʼ Tthʼ tthʼ [t͡θʼ]
48 Ť ť Th th [θ]
49 U u U u [u]
50 Uu uu Uu uu [uː]
51 Ų ų Ų ų [ũ]
52 Ųų ųų Ųų ųų [ũː]
53 W w W w [w]
54 X x Hh hh [χ]
55 Xw xw Hhw hhw [χʷ]
56 Y y Y y [j]
57 Z z Z z [z]
58 Ž ž Zh zh [ʒ]
59 ʔ ʔ ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, v, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k, b, respectively.
Tones
Low level ˩ a
High level ˥ á

Text example
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