Gwič’in/Gwich’in
The Gwich’in alternative orthography
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
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Proposed letter |
Current letter |
IPA |
1 |
A a |
A a |
[a] |
Aa aa | Aa aa | [aː] | |
2 | Ą ą | Ą ą | [ã] |
Ąą ąą | Ąą ąą | [ãː] | |
3 | B b | B b | [b] |
4 |
C c |
Ts ts |
[t͡s] |
5 | C’ c’ | Ts’ ts’ | [t͡s’] |
6 | Č č | Ch ch | [t͡ʃʰ] |
7 | Č’ č’ | Ch’ ch’ | [t͡ʃ’] |
8 | D d | D d | [d] |
9 | Dď dď | Ddh ddh | [d͡ð] |
10 | Dł dł | Dl dl | [d͡ɬ] |
11 | Dn dn | Nd nd | [dⁿ] |
12 | Ď ď | Dh dh | [ð] |
13 | Ḍ ḍ | Dr dr | [ɖ] |
14 |
E e |
E e |
[e] |
Ee ee |
Ee ee |
[eː] |
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15 | Ę ę | Ę ę | [ẽ] |
Ęę ęę | Ęę ęę | [ẽː] | |
16 | G g | G g | [g] |
17 | Gw gw | Gw gw | [gʷ] |
18 | Ǧ ǧ | Gh gh | [ɣ] |
19 | Ǧw ǧw | Ghw ghw | [ɣʷ] |
20 | H h | H h | [h~x] |
21 | I i | I i | [i] |
Ii ii | Ii ii | [iː] | |
22 | Į į | Į į | [ĩ] |
Įį įį | Įį įį | [ĩː] | |
23 | J j | Dz dz | [d͡z] |
24 | J̌ ǰ | J j | [d͡ʒ] |
25 | J̌n ǰn | Nj nj | [d͡ʒᶮ] |
26 |
K k |
K k |
[k] |
27 | Kw kw | Kw kw | [kʷ] |
28 | K’ k’ | Kʼ kʼ | [k’] |
29 | Ǩ ǩ | Kh kh | [x] |
30 | L l | L l | [l] |
31 | Ł ł | Ł ł | [ɬ] |
32 |
M m |
M m |
[m] |
33 |
N n |
N n |
[n] |
34 | Ň ň | Nh nh | [n̥] |
35 |
O o |
O o |
[o] |
Oo oo | Oo oo | [oː] | |
36 | Ǫ ǫ | Ǫ ǫ | [õ] |
Ǫǫ ǫǫ | Ǫǫ ǫǫ | [õː] | |
37 | R r | R r | [ɻ] |
38 | Ř ř | Rh rh | [ɻ̥] |
39 |
S s |
S s |
[s] |
40 | Š š | Sh sh | [ʃ] |
41 | Ŝ ŝ | Shr shr | [ʂ] |
42 |
T t |
T t |
[t] |
43 | Tʼ tʼ | Tʼ tʼ | [tʼ] |
44 | Tł tł | Tl tl | [t͡ɬ] |
45 | Tłʼ tłʼ | Tlʼ tlʼ | [t͡ɬʼ] |
46 | Tť tť | Tth tth | [t͡θ] |
47 | Tťʼ tťʼ | Tthʼ tthʼ | [t͡θʼ] |
48 | Ť ť | Th th | [θ] |
49 | Ṭ ṭ | Tr tr | [ʈ] |
50 | Ṭʼ ṭʼ | Trʼ trʼ | [ʈʼ] |
51 | U u | U u |
[u] |
Uu uu | Uu uu | [uː] | |
52 | Ų ų | Ų ų | [ũ] |
Ųų ųų | Ųų ųų | [ũː] | |
53 | V v | V v |
[v] |
54 | W w | W w | [w] |
55 | Y y | Y y | [j] |
56 | Z z | Z z | [z] |
57 | Ž ž | Zh zh | [ʒ] |
58 | Ẑ ẑ | Zhr zhr | [ʐ] |
59 | ʔ ʔ | ʼ | [ʔ] |
There would not be letters f, p, q(u), v, x, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by v, b, k(w), ks, respectively. |
Low level ˩ | à |
High level ˥ | a |
Text example
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Žik nànkak North America gwižìt Gwič’in ìidàlii c’at ǩaiǰnii dìʔhaii gwàʔàn ṭ’iinlii, čuuvee c’ìivii dìʔ nàaʔaii gwic’àt gwàʔàn gwìidìč’in. Eneekaii kat gwizrih neǩwindòo haii t’àngiinč’uu ak’oh nànkak gwàʔàn. Žehk’oo gwiinčii gwac’at gwič’in ìidàlìi, aii t’at Athapaskans naǩwiṭ’àhnùu, ǰii gwižìt nilii kat Aačin kat, Aaii Čìk kat, Han Gwič’in kat, c’àt Dačantat Gwič’in Kat, gwàt naǩwigiǰnìk c’àt yeenoo nic’òo ṭ’agwiindaiʔ gwiintaòh ihaak gwizrih gòonlih.