Onondaga alternative orthography

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

Onǫdaʔkekáʔ/Onǫda’gegá’/Onoñda’gegá’
The Onondaga alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter
Six Nations letter Onondaga Nation letter
IPA

1

A a
A a A a
[a]

2 Ä ä Ä ä Ä ä [æ]

3

C c

Sh sh
Sh sh [ʃ]

4
E e E e E e [e]

5
Ę ę Ę ę Eñ eñ [ẽ]

6
H h H h H h [h]

7 I i I i I i [i]

8 J j J j J j [d͡ʒ~t͡s]

9
K k

K k, G g

K k, G g

[k~g]

10 N n N n N n [n]

11 O o O o O o [o]

12
Ǫ ǫ Ǫ ǫ Oñ oñ [ũ]

13

S s
S s S s
[s]

14
T t

T t, D d
T t, D d
[t~d]

15
W w
W w W w
[w]

16 Y y Y y Y y [j]

17 ʔ ʔ ’ ’ [ʔ]

Unlike current orthography, long vowels are written double (aa), not with a following colon (:).
Stress vowels are written with an acute accent (á).
There would not be letters b, d, f, g, l, m, p, q, r, u, v, x, z, which would be replaced by w, t, w, k, s, n, w, k, s, u, w, ks, s, respectively.

Text example
Tall Corn

Nę́kę tcaʔ nikakaeʔtę́h, ǫkhiyaathooyę́ę́nik tcaʔ káyeʔ, hotikstęʔcǫʔakę́hääʔ conatǫ:kóhti óónę. Wętaatéhkwaʔ tcaʔ nǫ́ nę nǫ́ nihatinaakééhkwaʔ, nę nǫ́ tcaʔ nǫ́ haayę:natę́htaaʔ néʔ iwáátǫk, cǫkwaateeęnóʔktaʔ kaęhyaakǫ́wa thooyę́hti. Naʔ nękę́ neʔ tcaʔ kááyęʔ cakoyaʔtanǫhnáʔ, tcaʔ kááyęʔ hahwáʔ katcatstęhsä́ä́ʔ tcaʔ nííyot waʔtcakoyaʔtowéhtęʔ.

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#	Proposed letter	Six Nations letter	Onondaga Nation letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	A a	[a]
2	Ä ä	Ä ä	Ä ä	[æ]
3	C c	Sh sh	Sh sh	[ʃ]
4	E e	E e	E e	[e]
5	Ę ę	Ę ę	Eñ eñ	[ẽ]
6	H h	H h	H h	[h]
7	I i	I i	I i	[i]
8	J j	J j	J j	[d͡ʒ~t͡s]
9	K k	K k, G g	K k, G g	[k~g]
10	N n	N n	N n	[n]
11	O o	O o	O o	[o]
12	Ǫ ǫ	Ǫ ǫ	Oñ oñ	[ũ]
13	S s	S s	S s	[s]
14	T t	T t, D d	T t, D d	[t~d]
15	W w	W w	W w	[w]
16	Y y	Y y	Y y	[j]
17	ʔ ʔ	’	’	[ʔ]
Unlike current orthography, long vowels are written double (aa), not with a following colon (:). Stress vowels are written with an acute accent (á). There would not be letters b, d, f, g, l, m, p, q, r, u, v, x, z, which would be replaced by w, t, w, k, s, n, w, k, s, u, w, ks, s, respectively.