Gitx̌sanimx̌-Nisƣaʔa/Gitx̲sanimx̲-Nisg̲a’a
The Gitksan and Nisga'a alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Official letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
2	Ā ā	Aa aa	[aː]
3	B b	B b	[b]
4	C c	Ts ts	[t͡s]
5	C’ c’	Ts’ ts’	[t͡s’]
6	D d	D d	[d]
7	E e	E e	[e]
8	Ē ē	Ee ee	[eː]
9	G g	G g	[g]
10	Gw gw	Gw gw	[gʷ]
11	Ƣ ƣ	G̲ g̲	[ɢ]
12	H h	H h	[h]
13	I i	I i	[i]
14	Ī ī	Ii ii	[iː]
15	J j	Dz dz	[d͡z]
16	K k	K k	[k]
17	K’ k’	K’ k’	[k’]
18	Kw kw	Kw kw	[kʷ]
19	K’w k’w	K’w k’w	[kʷ’]
20	L l	L l	[l]
21	Lʔ lʔ	’L ’l	[lˀ]
22	Ł ł	Hl hl	[ɬ]
23	M m	M m	[m]
24	Mʔ mʔ	’M ’m	[mˀ]
25	N n	N n	[n]
26	Nʔ nʔ	’N ’n	[nˀ]
27	O o	O o	[o]
28	Ō ō	Oo oo	[oː]
29	P p	P p	[p]
30	P’ p’	P’ p’	[p’]
31	Q q	K̲ k̲	[q]
32	Q’ q’	K̲’ k̲’	[q’]
33	S s	S s	[s]
34	T t	T t	[t]
35	T’ t’	T’ t’	[t’]
36	Tł tł	Tl’ tl’	[t͡ɬʼ]
37	U u	U u	[u]
38	Ū ū	Uu uu	[uː]
39	W w	W w	[w]
40	Wʔ wʔ	’W ’w	[wˀ]
41	X x	X x	[x]
42	Xw xw	Xw xw	[xʷ]
43	X̌ x̌	X̲ x̲	[χ]
44	Y y	Y y	[j]
45	Yʔ yʔ	’Y ’y	[jˀ]
46	ʔ ʔ	’	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, l, b, j, respectively.

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