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

Man'si latin alfavit/Маньси латин алфавит
The Mansi latin alphabet

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

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Latin letter

Cyrillic letter

IPA

1

A a

А а

[a]

  Ā ā А̄ а̄ [aː]
2 Ä ä Ә ә

[æ]

  Ǟ ǟ Ә¯ ә¯ [æː]

3

B b

Б б

[b]

4

C c

Ц ц

[t͡s]

5

Č č

Ч ч

[t͡ʃʲ]

6

D d

Д д

[d]

7

E e

Е е

[e]

  Ē ē Е̄ е̄ [eː]
8 Ë ë Э э [ə~ɤ]
  ˯ ë¯ Э̄ э̄ [əː~ɤː]

9

F f

Ф ф

[f]

10

G g

Г г

[ɣ]

11

Ǵ ǵ Г г [g]

12

H h Х х [χ]
  Hw hw Хв хв [χʷ]

13

I i

И и

[i]

  Ī ī Ӣ ӣ [iː]

14

J j

Й й, Ь ь

[j], [ʲ]

15

K k

К к

[k]

  Kw kw Кв кв [kʷ]

16

L l

Л л

[l]

  Lj lj Ль ль [lʲ]
17

M m

М м

[m]

18

N n

Н н

[n]

  Nj nj Нь нь [nʲ]
19 Ŋ ŋ Ӈ ӈ [ŋ]
  Ŋw ŋw Ӈв ӈв [ŋʷ]
20

O o

О о

[o]

  Ō ō О̄ о̄ [oː]
21

P p

П п

[p]

22

R r

Р р

[r]

23

S s

С с

[s]

  Sj sj Сь сь [t͡sʲ~sʲ]
24

Š š

Ш ш

[ʃ]

  Šč šč Щ щ [ʃʲtʃʲ]
25

T t

Т т

[t]

  Tj tj Ть ть [tʲ]
26

U u

У у

[u]

  Ū ū Ӯ ӯ [uː]
27

V v

В в

[v]

28 W w В в

[w], [ʷ]

29 Y y Ы ы [ɪ]
30

Z z

З з

[z]

31

Ž ž

Ж ж

[ʒ]

  - Ъ ъ Ø
There would not be letters q(u), x, which would be replaced by k(w), ks, respectively.

Text example
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Pasja olën, njawramyt. Untën. (Zdrawstwujte, rebjata. Saditesj). Jol untën os huntlën, manyr am nan lawegum. (Sjadjte i poslušajte čto ja wam sejčas skažu). Tyhotal man palt mujhotpa johtys. Nan saka jomas rupitën, men njotëlyn. (Segodnja k nam prišli gosti. Wy dolžny horošo rabotatj i pomogatj mne) Tyhotal manah čisla? Humus lawew. (Kakoe segodnja čislo? Kak skažem.) Jomas. Tetradit palyg pusëlyn, čisla hansën. (Horošo. Tetradi otkrojte i zapišite)

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