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

Gekoyo/Gĩkũyũ
The Gikuyu alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# Proposed letter Current letter IPA

1

A a

 А а

[a]

2

B b

B b

[β]

3

C c

C c

 [ʃ]

4

 D d Th th [ð]

5

E e

 Ĩ ĩ

[e]
6 Ɛ ɛ E e [ɛ]

7

 G g G g [ɣ]

8

H h

 H h

[h]
9

I i

I i

[i]

10

J j

 Nj nj

[ᶮɟ]

11

K k

K k

[k]
12

M m

M m

[m]
13 Mb mb Mb mb [ᵐb]

14

N n

N n

[n]

15

 Nd nd Nd nd [ⁿd]
16 Ŋ ŋ Ng' ng' [ŋ]
17 Ŋg ŋg Ng ng [ᵑɡ]
18 Ñ ñ Ny ny [ɲ]

19

 O o Ũ ũ [o]
20 Ɔ ɔ O o [ɔ]

21

R r

R r

[ɾ]

22

T t

T t

[t]

23

 U u U u [u]
24 W w W w [w]

25

Y y

 Y y

[j]
There would not be letters f, l, p, q(u), s, v, x, z, which would be replaced by b, r, b, k(w), c, b, kc, d, respectively.

Text example
John 1:1

Keambereiane Ohɔrɔ aare ɔ kuɔ, na aatoirɛ hare Ŋgai, nakɛ aare ɔ Ŋgai.

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