This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Ditidaht. 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.

Diitiidʔaaʔtx̌/Diitiid̓aaʔtx̣
The Ditidaht alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

 a

[a]

2

 Aa aa aa

[aː]

3

 B b b [b]

4

 Bʔ bʔ b̓ [bʼ]

5

C c

 c

[t͡s]

6

 Cʔ cʔ c̓

[t͡sʼ]
7 Č č č

[t͡ʃ]
8 Čʔ čʔ č̓

[t͡ʃʼ]

9

 D d d [d]
10 Dʔ dʔ d̓ [dʼ]
11 E e e

[e]

12

 Ee ee ee

[eː]

13

 H h h [h]
14 I i i [i]
15 Ii ii ii [iː]
16

K k

 k

[k]
17

Kw kw

 kʷ

[kʷ]
18

Kʔ kʔ

 k̓

[kʼ]
19

Kʔw kʔw

 k̓ʷ

[kʷʼ]
20 L l l [l]
21 Lʔ lʔ l̓ [lˀ]
22 Ł ł ł [ɬ]
23

M m

 m

[m]
24 Mʔ mʔ m̓

[mˀ]
25

N n

 n

[n]
26 Nʔ nʔ n̓

[nˀ]
27 O o o

[o]
28 Oo oo oo

[oː]
29 P p p [p]
30 Pʔ pʔ p̓ [pʼ]
31 Q q q [q]
32 Qw qw qʷ

[qʷ]
33

Qʔ qʔ

 q̓

[qʼ]
34

Qʔw qʔw

 q̓ʷ

[qʷʼ]
35

S s

 s

[s]
36 Š š š [ʃ]
37

T t

 t

[t]
38 Tʔ tʔ t̓

[tʼ]
39 Tł tł ƛ

[t͡ɬ]
40 Tłʔ tłʔ ƛ̓

[t͡ɬʼ]
41

U u

 u

[u]
42 uu uu [uː]
43 W w w [w]
44 Wʔ wʔ w̓

[wˀ]
45 X x x [x]
46 Xw xw xʷ

[xʷ]
47 X̌ x̌ x̣ [χ]
48 X̌w x̌w x̣ʷ

[χʷ]
49 Y y y [j]
50 Yʔ yʔ y̓

[jˀ]
51 ʕ ʕ ʕ [ʕ]
52 ʔ ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, g, j, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, k, č, l, b, s, respectively.

Text example
 Kwiistux̌

Wistʕeekubtuw sacʔiiyaʔk. Wikʔeet tłʔuubʕaat wikʔeet cʔiidax̌kw ʔiš buułuk. Baqsiłaawkid hideeyp yałtaqtłuwis wiiqseeʔaq. ʔax̌ci qwaabtuw waaʔaqs wikʔeetuw tłʔisʕaak sacʔcax̌taakuw wiiqsii ʔadčiiłaq wikʔeet buułšitł cʔiidax̌štł. Łakaaw dubisaaʔtx̌aq haaʔubaatx̌atłquy hayaaʔak ʔuuyuq yałteeypaawquy ʔuduutł wikx̌qʔa tʔaaquws dačiił x̌ayaatłquy yaayaaqtšaawquy yałʔiquy haaʔubatax̌ees.

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