This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Dane-zaa or Beaver. 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.

Sałułtxw/Saɬuɬtxʷ
The Dane-zaa alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

 Aa aa

[a]
2 Ą ą Ąą ąą [ã]

3 

 Ă ă A a [ɜ]
4 Ą̆ ą̆ Ą ą [ɜ͂]

5

 Ä ä Ea ea [æ]

6

 Ą̈ ą̈ Ęą ęą [æ͂]
7 B b B b [p]
8

C c

 Ts ts [t͡sʰ]
9

Cʼ cʼ

 Tsʼ tsʼ [t͡sʼ]
10

C̲ c̲

 T̲s̲ t̲s̲ [t͡s̪ʰ]
11

C̲ʼ c̲ʼ

 T̲s̲ʼ t̲s̲ʼ [t͡s̪ʼ]

12

Č č

 Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]

13

Čʼ čʼ

 Chʼ chʼ [t͡ʃʼ]
14 D d D d [t]
15 Dl dl Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
16 E e E e [e]
17 Ę ę Ę ę [ẽ]
18 G g G g [k]
19 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
20 H h H h [h~x]
21 I i Ii ii [i]
22 Ǐ ǐ I i [ɪ]
23 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
24 J̲ j̲ D̲z̲ d̲z̲ [t͡s̪]
25 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
26

K k

K k

[kʰ]
27

Kʼ kʼ

Kʼ kʼ

 [kʼ]
28 L l L l [l]
29 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
30

M m

M m

[m]
31 N n N n [n]
32 O o O o [o]
33 Ǫ ǫ Ǫ ǫ [õ]
34

S s

 S s [s]
35 S̲ s̲ S̲ s̲

[s̪]
36 Š š Š š [ʃ]
37

T t

 T t

[tʰ]
38

Tʼ tʼ

 Tʼ tʼ [tʼ]
39 Tł tł Tl tl [t͡ɬʰ]
40 Tłʼ tłʼ Tlʼ tlʼ [t͡ɬʼ]
41 U u Uu uu [u]
42 Ǔ ǔ U u [ʊ]
43

W w

 W w

[w]
44 Y y Y y [j]
45 Z z Z z [z]
46 Z̲ z̲ Z̲ z̲ [z̪]
47 Ž ž Zh zh [ʒ]
48 ʔ ʔ ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, r, v, x, which would be replaced by b, b, k, l, b, ks, respectively.

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