Iiyaaq/I·ya·q
The Eyak alternative orthography
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Proposed letter |
Current letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
a |
[a~ɔ] |
2 | B b | B b | [p] |
3 |
C c |
Ts ts |
[t͡sʰ] |
4 | C’ c’ | Ts’ ts’ | [t͡s’] |
5 | Č č | Ch ch | [t͡ʃʰ] |
6 | Č’ č’ | Ch’ ch’ | [t͡ʃ’] |
7 | D d | D d | [t] |
8 | Dł dł | Dl dl | [t͡ɬ] |
9 | E e | E e, A | [æ~e~ə~ɛ] |
10 | G g | g | [k] |
11 | Gw gw | gw | [kʷ] |
12 | Ƣ ƣ | G | [q] |
13 | H h | H h | [h] |
14 | I i | I i | [ɪ~i] |
15 | J j | Dz dz | [t͡s] |
16 | J̌ ǰ | J j | [t͡ʃ] |
17 | K k | K k |
[kʰ] |
18 | K’ k’ | K’ k’ | [k’] |
19 | L l | l | [l] |
20 | Ł ł | L | [ɬ] |
21 |
M m |
M m |
[m] |
22 |
N n |
N n |
[n] |
23 | Q q | Q q |
[qʰ] |
24 | Q’ q’ | Q’ q’ | [q’] |
25 | S s | S s | [s] |
26 | Š š | Sh sh | [ʃ] |
27 | T t | T t |
[tʰ] |
28 | T’ t’ | T’ t’ | [t’] |
29 | Tł tł | Tl tl |
[t͡ɬʰ] |
30 | Tł’ tł’ | Tl’ tl’ | [t͡ɬ’] |
31 | U u | U u | [ʊ~u] |
32 | W w | W w | [w] |
33 | X x | x | [x] |
34 | Xw xw | xw | [xʷ] |
35 | X̌ x̌ | X | [χ] |
36 | Y y | Y y | [j] |
37 | ʔ ʔ | ' | [ʔ] |
There would not be letters f, o, p, r, v, z, which would be only used in
loanwords or replaced by b, u, b, l, b, s,
respectively. Long vowels are written doubled, e.g., aa. Nasal vowels are marked by an ogonek accent, e.g., ą. |
Text example
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