Häł
The Hän alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
2	Ä ä	Ä ä	[ɑ]
3	B b	B b	[p]
4	C c	Ts ts	[t͡sʰ]
5	C’ c’	Ts’ ts’	[t͡s’]
6	Č č	Ch ch	[t͡ʃʰ]
7	Č’ č’	Ch’ ch’	[t͡ʃ’]
8	Ĉ ĉ	Tr tr	[t͡ʂʰ]
9	Ĉ’ ĉ’	Tr’ tr’	[t͡ʂ’]
10	D d	D d	[t]
11	Dď dď	Ddh ddh	[t͡θ]
12	Dł dł	Dl dl	[t͡ɬ]
13	Ď ď	Dh dh	[ð]
14	E e	E e	[e]
15	Ë ë	Ë ë	[ə]
16	G g	G g	[k]
17	Ǧ ǧ	Gh gh	[ɣ]
18	H h	H h	[h]
19	I i	I i	[i]
20	J j	Dz dz	[t͡s]
21	J̌ ǰ	J j	[t͡ʃ]
22	Ĵ ĵ	Dr dr	[t͡ʂ]
23	K k	K k	[kʰ]
24	K’ k’	K’ k’	[k’]
25	Ǩ ǩ	Kh kh	[x]
26	L l	L l	[l]
27	Ł ł	Ł ł	[ɬ]
28	Ļ ļ	L l	[ɮ]
29	M m	M m	[m]
30	Mb mb	Mb mb	[ᵐb]
31	N n	N n	[n]
32	Ň ň	Nh nh	[n̥]
33	Nd nd	Nd nd	[ⁿd]
34	Nǰ nǰ	Nj nj	[ⁿd͡ʒ]
35	O o	O o	[o]
36	P p	P p	[pʰ]
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	Sr sr	[ʂ]
42	T t	T t	[tʰ]
43	T’ t’	T’ t’	[t’]
44	Tť tť	Tth tth	[t͡θʰ]
45	Tťʼ tťʼ	Tthʼ tthʼ	[t͡θʼ]
46	Tł tł	Tl tl	[t͡ɬʰ]
47	Tł’ tł’	Tl’ tl’	[t͡ɬ’]
48	Ť ť	Th th	[θ]
49	U u	U u	[u]
50	W w	W w	[w]
51	Wˇ wˇ	Wh wh	[ʍ]
52	Y y	Y y	[j]
53	Yˇ yˇ	Yh yh	[j̊]
54	Z z	Z z	[z]
55	Ž ž	Zh zh	[ʒ]
56	Ẑ ẑ	Zr zr	[ʐ]
57	ʔ ʔ	'	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, q, v, x, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, k, p, gs, respectively. Long vowels are written doubled, e.g., aa. Nasal vowels are marked by an ogonek accent, e.g., ą.

Tones

High	a
Low	à
Rising	â
Falling	ǎ

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