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

Menhti Kenaga
The Lower Tanana 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 B b B b [p]
3

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]
4 C’ c’ Ts’ ts’ [t͡s’]
5 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
6 Č’ č’ Ch’ ch’ [t͡ʃ’]
7 D d D d [t]
8 Dď dď Ddh ddh [d̪]
9 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
10 Ď ď Dh dh [ð]
11 Ḍ ḍ Dr dr [ɖ]
12 E e E e [e]
13 Ë ë W w [ə]
14 G g G g [k]
15 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
16 H h H h [h]
17 I i I i [i]
18 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
19 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
20 K k K k

[kʰ]
21 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
22 L l L l [l]
23 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
24

M m

M m

[m]
25

N n

N n

[n]
26 N’ n’ N’ n’ [n’]
27 Ŋ ŋ Ng ng [ŋ]
28 O o O o [o]
29 P p P p [pʰ]
30 S s S s [s]
31 Ŝ ŝ Sr sr [ʂ]
32 T t T t

[tʰ]
33 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
34 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]
35 Tł’ tł’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
36 Tť tť Tth tth [t̪ʰ]
37 Tťʼ tťʼ Tthʼ tthʼ [t̪ʼ]
38 Ṭ ṭ Tr tr [ʈʰ]
39 Ṭʼ ṭʼ Trʼ trʼ [ʈʼ]
40 Ť ť Th th [θ]
41 U u U u [u]
42 W w W w [w]
43 X x X x [x]
44 Y y Y y [j]
45 Z z Z z [z]
46 Ẑ ẑ Zr zr [ʐ]
47 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.

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