This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Makah. 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.

Qwīqwīdiččaq/qʷi·qʷi·diččaq
The Makah alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

 A a

[ə]

2

 Ā ā A· a·

[a]

3

 B b B b [b]

4

C c

 C c

[t͡s]

5

 C̓ c̓ C̓ c̓

[t͡sʼ]

6

 Č č Č č

[t͡ʃ]
7 Č̓ č̓ Č̓ č̓

[t͡ʃʼ]
8 D d D d [d]

9

 E e E e

[ɛ]
10 Ē ē E· e·

[æ]
11 H h ʔ [ʔ]

12

 I i i [ɪ]

13

 Ī ī ii [i]
14

K k

 K k

[k]
15

Kw kw

 Kʷ kʷ

[kʷ]
16

K̓ k̓

 K̓ k̓

[kʼ]
17

K̓w k̓w

 K̓ʷ k̓ʷ

[kʷʼ]
18 L l L l [l]
19 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
20 O o O o

[ɔ]
21 Ō ō O· o·

[o]
22 P p P p [p]
23 P̓ p̓ P̓ p̓ [pʼ]
24 Q q Q q [q]
25 Qw qw Qʷ qʷ

[qʷ]
26

Q̓ q̓

 Q̓ q̓

[qʼ]
27

Q̓w q̓w

 Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ

[qʷʼ]
28

S s

 S s

[s]
29 Š š Š š [ʃ]
30

T t

 T t

[t]
31 T̓ t̓ T̓ t̓

[tʼ]
32 T̓ł t̓ł ƛ

[t͡ɬ]
33 T̓ł t̓ł ƛ̓

[t͡ɬʼ]
34

U u

 U u

[ʊ]
35 Ū ū U· u· [u]
36 W w w [w]
37 X x x [x]
38 Xw xw xʷ

[xʷ]
39 X̌ x̌ X̌ x̌ [χ]
40 X̌w x̌w X̌ʷ x̌ʷ

[χʷ]
41 Y y Y y [j]
There would not be letters f, g, j, m, n, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, k, č, p, t, l, b, s, respectively.

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