Ktunaxa
The Kutenai alternative orthography
Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# |
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. |
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