This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Omaha-Ponca. 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.

Umąhą-Pąka/Umoⁿhoⁿ-Paⁿka
The Omaha-Ponca alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[a]
2 Ą ą Aⁿ aⁿ, Oⁿ oⁿ [ã~õ~ũ]
3 B b B b [b]
4

C c

 Ch ch

[t͡ʃ]
5 Ch ch Chʰ chʰ [t͡ʃʰ]
6 D d D d [d]
7

E e

E e

[e]
8 G g G g [g]
9 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
10 H h H h [h]
11 I i I i [i]
12 Į į Iⁿ iⁿ [ĩ]
13 J j J j [d͡ʒ]
14

K k

 K k

[k]
15 Kh kh Kʰ kʰ [kʰ]
16 M m M m

[m]
17 N n N n [n]
18 O o O o [o]
19 P p P p [p]
20 Ph ph Pʰ pʰ [pʰ]
21 Pʼ pʼ Pʼ pʼ [pʼ]
22 R r Th th [ɫ~ɫᶞ~ð̞]
23

S s

 S s

[s]
24 Sʼ sʼ Sʼ sʼ [sʼ]
25 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
26 Šʼ šʼ Shʼ shʼ [ʃʼ]
27

T t

 T t

[t]
28 Th th Tʰ tʰ [tʰ]
29 Tʼ tʼ Tʼ tʼ [tʼ]
30 U u U u [u]
31 W w W w [w]
32 X x X x [x]
33 Xʼ xʼ Xʼ xʼ [xʼ]
34 Y y Y y [j]
35 Z z Z z [z]
36 Ž ž Zh zh [ʒ]
37 ʔ ʔ ’ [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, l, q, v, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by p, r, k, b, respectively.
Long vowels are doubled (aa).
Stress vowels are marked by an acute accent (á).

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