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

Nų́ʔetaare/Nų́ʔetaːre
The Mandan 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 Aa aa Aː aː [aː]
3 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
4 Ąą ąą Ąː ąː [ãː]
5

C c

Š š

[ʃ]

6

E e

E e

[e]

7 Ee ee

Eː eː

[eː]

8 H h H h [h]
9 I i I i [i]
10 Ii ii Iː iː [iː]
11 Į į Į į [ĩ]
12 Įį įį Įː įː [ĩː]
13

K k

K k

[k]

14

O o

O o

[o]

15

Oo oo

Oː oː

[oː]

16 P p P p [p]
17 R r R r [r]
18

S s

S s

[s]

19

T t

T t

[t]

20 U u U u [u]
21 Uu uu Uː uː [uː]
22 Ų ų Ų ų [ũ]
23 Ųų ųų Ųː ųː [ũː]
24 W w W w [w]
25 X x X x [x]
26 ʔ ʔ ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters b, d, f, g, j, l, m, n, q, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, t, p, k, c, r, w, r, k, p, s, respectively.
Stress vowels are marked by an acute accent (á).

Text example
No Tongue

Wį́ti xtarą tároowąkoʔc, wą́ą́tah óó wakraxt eeta; wįti xtarą teak; rųwą́ʔk erą tasúka irų́pak kákarį wą́ą́kaak… Koų́ʔhe ropxí wáitkaa wąkoowąkoʔc. Wáitkaa wą́ą́kaki wrą waokrax kuʔct wátkaa wą́ą́kaki tacká ípacrihki, rųwą́ʔkrerą, raahrį koų́ʔhs te karoowákoʔc. Waíhųta wįkaa tee karį. Kut wrąrok ósipsipta áraahrį. Koų́ʔhs kaxípa. Ų́ʔcka hrarį, rúta rą́tecka rucarį.

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