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

Gāam
The Kam Latin alphabet

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

Initials
b
[p]
p
[pʰ]
m
[m]
w
[w]
by
[pʲ]
py
[pʲʰ]
d
[t]
t
[tʰ]
n
[n]
l
[l]
s
[s],[ɕ]
ly
[lʲ]
j
[tɕ]
q
[tɕʰ]
ny
[nʲ]
x
[ɕ]
y
[j]
g
[k]
k
[kʰ]
ng
[ŋ]
h
[h]
gw
[kʷ]
kw
[kʷʰ]
ngw
[ŋʷ]
zh
[tʃ]
ch
[tʃʰ]
sh
[ʃ]
r
[ɻ]
f
[f]
z
[ts]
c
[tsʰ]
Finals
a
[a]
aa
[ɐ]
e
[ə]
e
[ee]
i
[i]
o
[o]
u
[u]
Tones
1 high ā
2 high rising á
3 low
4 dipping ǎ
5 low rising á.
6 low falling à
7 high falling à.
8 peaking â
9 mid a
There would not be letter v.

Text example
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