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

Denaq'e/Denaakk'e
The Koyukon alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

Aa aa

[aː]
2 B b B b [p]
3

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]
4 C’ c’ Ts’ ts’ [t͡s’]
5 D d D d [t]
6 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
7 E e E e [ə]
8 G g G g [k]
9 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
10 Ƣ ƣ Gg gg [q]
11 H h Ĥ ĥ [h]
12 I i Ee ee [iː]
13 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
14 K k K k

[kʰ]
15 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
16 L l L l [l]
17 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
18

M m

M m

[m]
19

N n

N n

[n]
20 Ň ň Nh nh [n̥]
21 O o O o [ɔ]
22 Ŏ ŏ Ʉ ʉ [ɞ]
23 Q q Q q

[qʰ]
24 Q’ q’ Q’ q’ [q’]
25 S s S s [s]
26 T t T t

[tʰ]
27 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
28 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]
29 Tł’ tł’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
30 U u Oo oo [uː]
31 Ŭ ŭ U u [ʊ]
32 X x X x [x]
33 Y y Y y [j]
34 Yˇ yˇ Yh yh [j̊]
35 ʔ ʔ ' [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, r, v, w, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, l, b, u, respectively.

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