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

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The Munsee alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[ʌ]

2

 Ā ā A· a· [aː]

3

 C c Č č [t͡ʃ]

4

E e

 E e

[ɛ]

5

 Ē ē E· e· [ɛː]

6

 Ə ə Ə ə

[ə]
7* F f F f [f]
8 H h H h [h]

9

 I i I i [ɪ]
10 Ī ī I· i· [iː]
11

K k

K k

[k]

12

 L l L l [l]

13

M m

M m

[m]
14

N n

N n

[n]
15

O o

O o

[ʊ]
16 Ō ō O· o· [oː]
17 P p P p [p]
18 Q q kw [kʷ]
19* R r R r [r]
20

S s

S s

[s]
21 Š š Š š [ʃ]
22

T t

T t

[t]
23 W w W w [w]
24 X x X x [x]
25 Y y Y y [j]
These letters are only used in loanwords, mainly from English. There would not be letters b, d, g, j, u, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, t, k, c, o, f, s, respectively.

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