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

Dakhótiyapi
The Dakota Latin alphabet

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

#	Latin letter	IPA
1	A a	[a]
	Á á	[aː]
2	Ã ã	[ã]
3	B b	[b]
4	C c	[t͡ʃ]
5	Ch ch	[t͡ʃʰ]
6	Cʔ cʔ	[t͡ʃˀ]
7	D d	[d]
8	E e	[e]
	É é	[eː]
9	G g	[g]
10	Ǧ ǧ	[ʁ]
11	H h	[h]
12	I i	[i]
	Í í	[iː]
13	Ĩ ĩ	[ĩ]
14	K k	[k]
15	Kh kh	[kʰ]
16	Kx kx	[kˣ]
17	Kʔ kʔ	[kˀ]
18	M m	[m]
19	N n	[n]
20	O o	[o]
	Ó ó	[oː]
21	P p	[p]
22	Ph ph	[pʰ]
23	Px px	[pˣ]
24	Pʔ pʔ	[pˀ]
25	S s	[s]
26	Sʔ sʔ	[sˀ]
27	Š š	[ʃ]
28	Šʔ šʔ	[ʃˀ]
29	T t	[t]
30	Th th	[tʰ]
31	Tx tx	[tˣ]
32	Tʔ tʔ	[tˀ]
33	U u	[u]
	Ú ú	[uː]
34	Ũ ũ	[ũ]
35	W w	[w]
36	X x	[χ]
37	Xʔ xʔ	[χˀ]
38	Y y	[j]
39	Z z	[z]
40	Ž ž	[ʒ]
41	ʔ ʔ	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, j, l, q(u), r, v, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by ph, dž, d, k(w), d, b, respectively.

Text example
The Deer Woman

Wičháša wã wayéi kʔa tháȟča núm wičháo kéyápiʔ. Tãyéna wičháphate čʔa thadó kĩ thašúƞke kʔĩkhíye čʔa waná wí khúčiyena čhãkhé tiyátakiya kúyãka kéyápiʔ. Mayá wã aphážežeyena asníkiya-iyotaka ũkháƞ akhótãhã wíƞyã wã mayá-akdákda thahénakiya úyãka e wãyák yãká kéyápiʔ. Waná hihúƞni kʔa wičháša kĩ isákhip hinážĩ kʔéyaš inína yãká ũkháƞ hãkéya kičhí íyotake čʔa – Tokhe iyémayakiyešni se? Tókha ũkháƞ inína nãká he? – eyé čʔa íš iyá mayá kĩ éd hú ǧéǧeya íyotaka kéyápiʔ.

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