This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Japanese. 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. It's based on Rōmaji.

Nihon no raten arufabetto/日本のラテンアルファベット
The Japanese Latin alphabet

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

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Latin letter

Letter's name

IPA

1

A a

Ē, Ei

[a]

  Ā ā Nagai ei [aː]

2

B b

[b]

3

C c

Shī, sī

[k], [s]

 

Ch ch

Shī eichi

[t͡ɕ]

4

D d

[d]

5

E e

Ī

[e]

  Ē ē Nagai ī [eː]

6

F f

Efu

[ɸ]

7

G g

[g]

8

H h Eichi, Etchi

[ç], [h]

9

I i Ai [i], [i̥]
  Ī ī Nagai ai [iː]

10

J j

Jē, Jei

[d͡ʑ], [ʑ]

11

K k

Kē, Kei

[k]

12

M m

Emu

[m]

13

N n

Enu, En

[n], [ɴ]

14

O o

Ō

[o]

  Ō ō Nagai ō [oː]
15

P p

[p]

16

R r

Āru

[ɽ]

17

S s

Esu

[s]

  Sh sh Esu eichi [ɕ]

18

T t

Tī, Chī

[t]

  Ts ts Tī esu [t͡s]
19

U u

[u͍], [u͍̥]

  Ū ū Nagai yū [u͍ː]

20

V v

[v]

21 W w Daburyū [w͍]
22 Y y Wai [j]
23

Z, z

Zetto, zeddo, zī

[d͡z], [z]

There would not be letters l (eru), q(u) (kyū), x (ekkusu), which would be replaced by r, k(w), kus, respectively.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Subete no ningen wa, umarenagara ni shite jiyū de ari, katsu, songen to kenri to ni tsuite byōdō de aru. Ningen wa, risei to ryōshin to o sazukerarete ori, tagai ni dōhō no seishinn o motte kōdō shinakereba naranai.

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