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

Naoero
The Nauruan alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

IPA

1

A a

[æ~ɑ]
2 Ā ā [æː]
3 Ä ä [ɑ~ʌ]
4 Ǟ ǟ [ɑː]
5 B b [bˠ]
6 By by [bʲ]
7 C c* [t͡ʃ]
8 D d [d]
9 E e [ɛ~ʌ]
10 Ē ē [eː~ɛː]
11

F f*

[f]
12

G g

[g]
13 Gw gw [gʷ]
14 H h [h]
15

I i

[ɪ~ɨ]
16 Ī ī [iː]
17 J j* [d͡ʒ]
18

K k

[k]
19

Kw kw

[kʷ]
20

L l*

[l]
21

M m

[mˠ]
22 My my [mʲ]
23

N n

[n]
24 Ŋ ŋ [ŋ]
25 Ŋw ŋw [ŋʷ]
26 O o [ʌ]
27 Ō ō [oː~ʌ(ː)~ɔ(ː)]
28

P p

[pˠ]
29 Py py [pʲ]
30

R r

[r]
31 Ry ry

[rʲ]
32 S s* [s]
33

T t

[t]
  ts [t͡s]
34 U u [ɨ~u]
35 Ū ū [ɨː~uː]
36 V v* [v]
37 W w [ɣʷ]
38

Y y

[ʝ]
39 Z z* [z]
*These letters are only used in loanwords.
There would not be letters q(u), x, which would be replaced by k(w), ks, respectively.

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