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

Nux̌alk
The Nuxalk (Bella Coola) Latin alphabet

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

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Proposed letter

IPA

1

A a

[a]
  aa

[aː]

2

C c

[t͡s]

3

 Cʼ cʼ

[t͡sʼ]

4

 H h [h]

5

 I i [i]
  ii [iː]

6

K k

[k]
7

Kw kw

[kʷ]
8

Kʼ kʼ

[kʼ]

9

Kʼw kʼw

[kʷʼ]
10 L l [l]
11 Ł ł [ɬ]

12

M m

[m]

13

N n

[n]
14 P p [p]
15 Pʼ pʼ [pʼ]
16 Q q [q]
17 Qw qw

[qʷ]
18 Qʼ qʼ [qʼ]
19 Qʼw qʼw

[qʷʼ]
20

S s

[s]
21

T t

[t]
22 Tʼ tʼ

[tʼ]
23 Tł tł

[t͡ɬʼ]
24

U u

[u]
  uu [uː]
25 W w [w]
26 X x [x]
27 Xw xw

[xʷ]
28 X̌ x̌ [χ]
29 X̌w x̌w

[χʷ]
30 Y y [j]
31 ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
There would not be letters b, d, e, f, g, j, o, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, t, i, p, k, c, u, l, p, s, respectively.

Text example
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ʔaycutc skatmayuuctimutc skayayuucctuu ʔałtisʔalacʼiikʼwutx. tmʔalacʼiiłław xtx̌w tułlkʼwlxtx̌w. ʔays ʔałtx̌w tatłmstatx̌. ʔatʼmnalstakwkʼwu tʼax̌w tutłmstatx̌ ʔalaaxwa. ʔax̌w ałnapic swikas ʔalaaxwa ʔūlx̌ł. ʔatʼmnalstaw. Tłapaw sqʼamutaw tisʔatʼmnalstaw. Tłapskwcʼ. Tłapskwcʼ tanumaw tacaactiitx̌. Kʼwntacutkwcʼ tanumaw tatłmstatx̌. Way cutkw t’ax̌. ʔanaykc skakʼxic tiumatayxawck wasʔatʼmnalstiłac cutskw tatłmstatX ʔułtasatixstx̌. Yayaliwatimutnuma cucutmiskw tasatixstx̌. Qʼawcap kax̌ims asunxwac. Ninickw tʼayx. Ninictumkw tʼayx sqʼawim. ʔanaykaw snapamxwit stam skaumatayxaw aqʼawtim ʔałtx̌w waʔatʼma.

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