X̌aat/X̱aat
The Haida alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
2	Aa aa	Aa aa	[aː]
3	B b	B b	[b̥]
4	C c	Ch ch	[t͡ʃ~t͡s]
5	C’ c’	Ts’ ts’	[t͡s’]
6	D d	D d	[d̥]
7	Dł dł	Dl dl	[d̥͡ɮ̊]
8	E e	E e	[ɛ]
9	Ee ee	Ee ee	[ɛː]
10	G g	G g	[ɡ̊]
11	Ƣ ƣ	G_ g_	[ɢ̥]
12	H h	H h	[h]
13	Ḥ ḥ	X_ x_	[ħ]
14	I i	I i	[i]
15	Ii ii	Ii ii	[iː]
16	J j	J j	[d̥͡ʒ̊]
17	K k	K k	[kʰ]
18	K’ k’	K’ k’	[k’]
19	L l	L l	[l]
20	Lʔ lʔ	’L ’l	[lˀ]
21	Ł ł	Hl hl	[ɬ]
22	M m	M m	[m]
23	Mʔ mʔ	’M ’m	[mˀ]
24	N n	N n	[n]
25	Nʔ nʔ	’N ’n	[nˀ]
26	Ŋ ŋ	Ng ng	[ŋ]
27	O o	O o	[ɔ]
28	Oo oo	Oo oo	[ɔː]
29	P p	P p	[pʰ]
30	P’ p’	P’ p’	[p’]
31	Q q	K_ k_	[qʰ]
32	Q’ q’	K_’ k_’	[q’]
33	S s	S s	[s]
34	T t	T t	[tʰ]
35	T’ t’	T’ t’	[t’]
36	Tł tł	Tl tl	[t͡ɬʰ]
37	Tł’ tł’	Tl’ tl’	[t͡ɬ’]
38	U u	U u	[u]
39	Uu uu	Uu uu	[uː]
40	W w	W w	[w]
41	Wʔ wʔ	’W ’w	[wˀ]
42	X x	X x	[x]
43	X̌ x̌	X_ x_	[χ]
44	Y y	Y y	[j]
45	Yʔ yʔ	Y_ y_	[jˀ]
46	ʕ ʕ	G_ g_	[ʕ]
47	ʔ ʔ	’	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, l, b, s, respectively.

Tones

Low level ˩	a
High level ˥	á

Text example
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