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

Diné
The Navajo alternative orthography/La ortografía alternativa navajo

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[a]
  Aa aa Aa aa [aː]
2 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
  Ąą ąą Ąą ąą [ãː]
3 B b B b [b~p]
4

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡s]
5 Cʔ cʔ Ts' ts' [t͡sˀ]
6 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
7 Čʔ čʔ Ch' ch' [t͡ʃˀ]
8 D d D d [d~t]
9 Dł dł Dl dl [d͡ɬ]
10

E e

E e

[e]
 

Ee ee

Ee ee

[eː]
11 Ę ę Ę ę [ẽ]
  Ęę ęę Ęę ęę [ẽː]
12 G g G g [g~k]
13 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ~ɰ]
14 H h H h [h~x]
15 Hw hw Hw hw [hʷ~xʷ]
16 I i I i [i]
  Ii ii Ii ii [iː]
17 Į į Į į [ĩ]
  Įį įį Įį įį [ĩː]
18 J j Dz dz [d͡z]
19 J̌ ǰ J j [d͡ʒ]
20

K k

 K k

[kʰ]
21 Kʔ kʔ Kʼ kʼ [kˀ]
22 Kw kw Kw kw [kʷ]
23 L l L l [l]
24 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
25

M m

M m

[m]
26

N n

N n

[n]
27

O o

O o

[o]
  Oo oo Oo oo [oː]
28 Ǫ ǫ Ǫ ǫ [õ]
  Ǫǫ ǫǫ Ǫǫ ǫǫ [õː]
29

S s

 S s

[s]
30 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
31

T t

 T t

[tʰ]
32 Tʔ tʔ Tʼ tʼ [tˀ]
33 Tł tł Tł tł [t͡ɬ]
34 Tłʔ tłʔ Tłʼ tłʼ [t͡ɬˀ]
35 W w W w [w]
36 Y y Y y [j]
37 Z z Z z [z]
38 Ž ž Zh zh [ʒ]
39 ʔ ʔ ʼ [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q(u), r, u, v, x, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k(w), l, o, b, ks, respectively.
Tones
Low level ˩ a
High level ˥ á

Text example
 First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Bilaʔašdaʔii tʔáá ałcoh yiníkʔehgo bidižchįh dóó aheełtʔeego ílį́į́go bee baahóčįʔ. Eíí háníʔ dóó háníchakees hwiihdaasyaʔ eíí binahjį́ʔ ahidiníłnáhgo álíleekʔehgo kʔé bee ahił niidłį́.

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