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

Iyuw iyimuun/Naskapi/ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ/ᓇᔅᑲᐱ
The Naskapi Latin alphabet

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

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Latin letter

Inuktitut letter

IPA

1

A a

[ʌ~ə]

  aa [aː]

2

C c

ᒐᒋᒍᒡ

[t͡ʃ~d͡ʒ]

3

H h [h]

4

I i [ɪ]
  ii [iː]

5

K k

ᑲᑭᑯᒃ

[k~g]

6*

L l ᓚᓕᓗᓪ [l]
7

M m

ᒪᒥᒧᒻ

[m]

8 N n ᓇᓂᓄᓐ [n]

9

P p

ᐸᐱᐳᑉ

[p~b]

10*

R r

ᕋᕆᕈᕐ

[ɹ]

11

S s

ᓴᓯᓱᔅ

[s~ʃ]

12

T t

ᑕᑎᑐᑦ

[t~d]

13

U u [o~ʊ~u]
  uu [uː]
14

W w

ᐎᐛᐤ

[w]

15 Y y ᔭᔨᔪᔾ [j]
These letters are only used in loanwords. There would not be letters b, d, e, f, g, j, o, q, v, x, z, which would be replaced by p, t, i, p, k, c, u, k, w, ks, s, respectively.

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