Abáači mizaa/Abáachi mizaa
The Jicarilla alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[ə]
2	Aa aa	Aa aa	[aː]
3	Ą ą	A_ a_	[ã]
4	Ąą ąą	A_a_ a_a_	[ãː]
5	B b	B b	[p]
6	C c	Ts ts	[t͡sʰ]
7	C’ c’	Ts’ ts’	[t͡s’]
8	Č č	Ch ch	[t͡ʃʰ]
9	Č’ č’	Ch’ ch’	[t͡ʃ’]
10	D d	D d	[d]
11	Dł dł	Dł dł	[t͡ɬ]
12	E e	E e	[e]
13	Ee ee	Ee ee	[eː]
14	Ę ę	E_ e_	[ẽ]
15	Ęę ęę	E_e_ e_e_	[ẽː]
16	G g	G g	[k]
17	Gw gw	Gw gw	[kʷ]
18	Ǧ ǧ	Gh gh	[ɣ~ɰ]
19	H h	H h	[h~x]
20	Hw hw	Hw hw	[hʷ~xʷ]
21	I i	I i	[i]
22	Ii ii	Ii ii	[iː]
23	Į į	I_ i_	[ĩ]
24	Įį įį	I_i_ i_i_	[ĩː]
25	J j	Dz dz	[t͡s]
26	J̌ ǰ	J j	[t͡ʃ]
27	K k	K k	[kʰ]
28	Kw kw	Kw kw	[kʷʰ]
29	K’ k’	Kʼ kʼ	[k’]
30	L l	L l	[l]
31	Ł ł	Ł ł	[ɬ]
32	M m	M m	[m]
33	N n	N n	[n]
34	Nd nd	Nd nd	[d]
35	O o	O o	[ʊ]
36	Oo oo	Oo oo	[oː]
37	Ǫ ǫ	O_ o_	[õ]
38	Ǫǫ ǫǫ	O_o_ o_o_	[õː]
39	S s	S s	[s]
40	Š š	Sh sh	[ʃ]
41	T t	T t	[tʰ]
42	Tʼ tʼ	Tʼ tʼ	[tʼ]
43	Tł tł	Tł tł	[t͡ɬʰ]
44	Tłʼ tłʼ	Tłʼ tłʼ	[t͡ɬʼ]
45	W w	W w	[ɣʷ~w~ɰʷ]
46	Y y	Y y	[j]
47	Z z	Z z	[z]
48	Ž ž	Zh zh	[ʒ]
49	ʔ ʔ	ʼ	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, r, u, v, x, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k, l, o, b, ks, respectively.

Tones

High	á
Low	a
Falling	áa

Text example
Excerpt from Wilson & Martine

Šíí Rita šíížii. Lósiiʔyé šiiʔdeeščį´į´ šį´į´ ą´ʔee néésai. Šiikaʔéé naʔiiziiʔíí nahiikéyaaʔíí miináʔiisjoʔíí éí yaa šišį´į´. Šiiʔmáá éí gé koǧą´ʔyé sidá nahaa daašišíí. Šiidádéé naakii. Dáłaaʔé éí édįį. Dáłaaʔé éí dá aadaʔé miiǧą. Šiišdáža dáłánéé. Ałcǫ nadaʔiizii.

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