Ką́nza/Káⁿza
The Kanza 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 | aa | [aː] |
3 | Ą ą |
Aⁿ aⁿ |
[ã] |
4 | Ą̄ ą̄ | aaⁿ | [ãː] |
5 | B b | B b | [b] |
6 |
C c |
C c |
[t͡ʃ] |
7 | Ch ch | Ch ch | [t͡ʃʰ] |
8 | C’ c’ | Ts’ ts’ | [t͡s’] |
9 | D d | D d | [d] |
10 | E e | E e | [e] |
11 | G g | G g | [g] |
12 | Ǧ ǧ | Gh gh | [ɣ] |
13 | H h | H h | [h] |
14 | I i | I i | [i] |
15 | Ī ī | ii | [iː] |
16 | Į į | Iⁿ iⁿ | [ĩ] |
17 | Į̄ į̄ | iiⁿ | [ĩː] |
18 | J j | J j | [d͡ʒ] |
19 | K k | K k |
[k] |
20 | Kh kh | Kh kh | [kʰ] |
21 | K’ k’ | K’ k’ | [k’] |
22 | L l | L l | [l] |
23 |
M m |
M m |
[m] |
24 |
N n |
N n |
[n] |
25 | O o | O o | [o] |
26 | Ō ō | oo | [oː] |
27 | Ǫ ǫ | Oⁿ oⁿ | [õ] |
28 | Ǭ ǭ | ooⁿ | [õː] |
29 | P p | P p |
[p] |
30 | Ph ph | Ph ph | [pʰ] |
31 | P’ p’ | P’ p’ | [p’] |
32 | S s | S s | [s] |
33 | Š š | Sh sh | [ʃ] |
34 | T t | T t |
[t] |
35 | Th th | Th th |
[tʰ] |
36 | T’ t’ | T’ t’ | [t’] |
37 | U u | U u | [u] |
38 | Ū ū | uu | [uː] |
39 | W w | W w | [w] |
40 | X x | X x | [x] |
41 | Y y | Y y | [j] |
42 | Z z | Z z | [z] |
43 | Ž ž | Zh zh | [ʒ] |
44 | ʔ ʔ | ' | [ʔ] |
There would not be letters f, q, r, v, which would be only used in
loanwords or replaced by p, k, l, b,
respectively. Primary stress is marked with an acute accent (´), secondary stress with a grave accent (`). |
Text example
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