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

Nəxwstłayˀəmúcən/Nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən
The Klallam 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

C c

C c

 [t͡s]

3

Cˀ cˀ

Cˀ cˀ

 [t͡sˀ]

4

Č č

Č č

 [t͡ʃ]

5

Čˀ čˀ

Čˀ čˀ

 [t͡ʃˀ]

6

 E e E e [e]
7 Ə ə Ə ə [ə]
8 H h H h [h]
9 I i I i [i]
10

K k

K k

[k]
11 Kw kw Kʷ kʷ [kʷ]

12

 Kˀw kˀw Kˀʷ kˀʷ [kʷˀ]

13

 L l L l [l]
14 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
15

M m

M m

[m]
16

Mˀ mˀ

Mˀ mˀ

[mˀ]
17 N n N n [n]
18 Nˀ nˀ Nˀ nˀ [nˀ]
19 Ŋ ŋ Ŋ ŋ [ɴ]
20 Ŋˀ ŋˀ Ŋˀ ŋˀ [ɴˀ]
21

P p

 P p

[p]
22

Pˀ pˀ

 Pˀ pˀ

[pˀ]
23

Q q

Q q

[q]
24 Qw qw Qw qw [qʷ]
25

Qˀ qˀ

Qˀ qˀ

 [qˀ]
26 Qˀw qˀw Qˀw qˀw [qʷˀ]
27

S s

 S s

[s]
28 Š š Š š [ʃ]
29

T t

T t

[t]
30

Tˀ tˀ

Tˀ tˀ

 [tˀ]
31 Tł tł ƛ̓ ƛ̓ [t͡ɬˀ]
32 U u U u [u]
33

W w

 W w

[w]
34

Wˀ wˀ

 Wˀ wˀ

[wˀ]
35 Xw xw Xʷ xʷ [xʷ]
36 X̌ x̌ X̣ x̣ [χ]
37 X̌w x̌w X̣ʷ x̣ʷ [χʷ]
38 Y y Y y [j]
39 Yˀ yˀ Yˀ yˀ [jˀ]
40 ʔ ʔ ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
Stressed vowels are marked with an acute accent (´).
There would not be letters b, d, f, g, j, o, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, t, p, k, č, u, l, p, s, respectively.

Text example
 Two Deaf Fisherman

Hiyáʔ č̓ə tłácu cə čáʔsəʔ sq̓wiyiʔáʔən̓ suʔwə́y̓qəʔ. Níɬ č̓ə suʔčəm̓əsnə́kwis. Suʔkwčáŋəts cə náʔc̓uʔ, “Tx̣wéyn cxw ʔuč? hiyáʔ u cxw? hiyáʔ u cxw tłácu?” Suʔqwáys cə náʔc̓uʔ ʔaʔ “ʔƏ́wə. Hiyáʔ cən tłácu.” Suʔtłáys qwáy cə náʔc̓uʔ, “O, nəx̣čŋín tə či n̓shiyáʔ tłácu.”

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