This is a proposed orthography tłat is meant to be used for writing of Heiltsuk-Oowekyala. 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.

Hiłcaqw-ʔuwíkʔala
The Heiltsuk-Oowekyala Latin alphabet

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

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Proposed letter

IPA

1

A a

[a]

2

 Á á [aː]

3

 Aʔ aʔ [aˀ]

4

 B b

[b]

5

C c

[t͡sʰ]

6

 Cʔ cʔ

[t͡sʼ]
7 D d [d]
8 Dł dł [d͡ɮ]

9

 Ə ə [ə]
10 G g [g]
11 Gw gw [gʷ]

12

 Ƣ ƣ [ɢ]

13

 Ƣw ƣw [ɢʷ]
14 H h [ɦ]
15 I i [i]
16 Í í [iː]
17 Iʔ iʔ [iˀ]
18 J j [d͡z]
19

K k

[kʰ]
20

Kw kw

[kʷʰ]
21

Kʔ kʔ

[kʼ]
22

Kʔw kʔw

[kʷʼ]
23 L l [l]
24 Ĺ ĺ [lː]
25 Lʔ lʔ [lˀ]
26 Ł ł [ɬ]
27

M m

[m]
28 Ḿ ḿ [mː]
29 Mʔ mʔ

[mˀ]
30

N n

[n]
31 Ń ń [nː]
32 Nʔ nʔ

[nˀ]
33 P p [pʰ]
34 Pʔ pʔ [pʼ]
35 Q q [qʰ]
36 Qw qw

[qʷʰ]
37 Qʔ qʔ [qʼ]
38 Qʔw qʔw

[qʷʼ]
39

S s

[s]
40

T t

[tʰ]
41 Tʔ tʔ

[tʼ]
42 Tł tł

[t͡ɬʰ]
43 Tłʔ tłʔ

[t͡ɬʼ]
44

U u

[u]
45 Ú ú [uː]
46 Uʔ uʔ [uˀ]
47 W w [w]
48 Wʔ wʔ

[wˀ]
49 X x [xʲ]
50 Xw xw

[xʷ]
51 X̌ x̌ [χ]
52 X̌w x̌w

[χʷ]
53 Y y [j]
54 Yʔ yʔ

[jˀ]
55 ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters e, f, o, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by i, p, u, l, b, s, respectively.

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