This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Gitksan and Nisga'a. 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.

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

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

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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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