This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Hupa. 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.

Nātinixweʔ/Na:tinixwe’
The Hupa 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]
2 Ā ā A: a: [aː]
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 Čw čw Chw chw [t͡ʃʷʰ]
8 Č’ č’ Ch’ ch’ [t͡ʃ’]
9 Čw’ čw’ Chw’ chw’ [t͡ʃʷ’]
10 D d D d [t]
11 E e E e [e]
12 Ē ē E: e: [eː]
13 G g G g [k]
14 Gy gy Gy gy [kʲ]
15 H h H h [h]
16 Hw hw Hw hw [hʷ]
17 I i I i [i]
18 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
19 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
20 K k K k

[kʰ]
21 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
22 Ky ky Ky ky

[kʲʰ]
23 Ky’ ky’ Ky’ ky’ [kʲ’]
24 L l L l [l]
25 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
26

M m

M m

[m]
27

N n

N n

[n]
28 Ŋ ŋ Ng ng [ŋ]
29 O o O o [o]
30 Ō ō O: o: [oː]
31 Q q Q q [q]
32 Q’ q’ Q’ q’ [q’]
33 S s S s [s]
34 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
35 T t T t

[tʰ]
36 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
37 Tł tł Tł’ tł’ [t͡ɬ’]
38 U u U u [u]
39 W w W w [w]
40 X x X x [x]
41 Xw xw Xw xw [xʷ]
42 Y y Y y [j]
43 ʔ ʔ ' [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, l, b, s, respectively.

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