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

Ktunaxa
The Kutenai 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 Ȼ ȼ [t͡s]

3

Cʼ cʼ Ȼʼ ȼʼ [t͡sʼ]

4

H h H h [h]

5

I i I i [i]

6

K k

K k

[k]

7

Kʼ kʼ

Kʼ kʼ

[kʼ]
8 L l L l [l]
9 Ł ł Ⱡ ⱡ [ɬ]
10

M m

M m

[m]

11

Mˀ mˀ

Mˀ mˀ

[mˀ]

12

N n N n [n]

13

Nˀ nˀ Nˀ nˀ [nˀ]
14 P p P p [p]
15 Pˀ pˀ Pˀ pˀ [pˀ]
16 Q q Q q [q]
17 Qˀ qˀ Qˀ qˀ [pˀ]
18

S s

S s

[s]

19

T t

T t

[t]

20

Tʼ tʼ

Tʼ tʼ

[tʼ]
21 U u U u [u]
22

W w

W w

[w]

23 Wˀ wˀ Wˀ wˀ [wˀ]
24 X x X x [χ]
25 Y y Y y [j]
26 Yˀ yˀ Yˀ yˀ [jˀ]
27 ʔ ʔ ʔ/ʾ [ʔ]
Long vowels are marked with a macron (ā).
There would not be letters b, d, e, f, g, j, o, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, t, i, p, k, c, u, l, p, s, respectively.

Text example
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