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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