This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Saanich and other North Straits Salish dialects. 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.

Sənčaťən/SENĆOŦEN
The Saanich alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

 O

[ɑ]

2

C c

TS

 [t͡s]

3

Cˀ cˀ

DS

 [t͡sˀ]

4

 Č č Ć [t͡ʃ]

5

 Čˀ čˀ J [t͡ʃˀ]

6

 E e A, Á [e]
7 Ə ə E [ə]
8 H h H [h]
9 I i I [i]
10

K k

C

[k̟]
11 Kw kw Ȼ [k̟ʷ]

12

 Kˀw kˀw Q [k̟ʷˀ]

13

 L l L [l]
14 Lˀ lˀ L [lˀ]
15 Ł ł Ƚ [ɬ]
16

M m

M

[m]
17

Mˀ mˀ

M

[mˀ]
18 N n N [n]
19 Nˀ nˀ N [nˀ]
20 Ŋ ŋ Ṉ [ŋ̠]
21 Ŋˀ ŋˀ Ṉ [ŋ̠ˀ]
22

P p

 P

[p]
23

Pˀ pˀ

 B

[pˀ]
24

Q q

 Ḵ

[k̠]
25 Qw qw Ḱ [k̠ʷ]
26

Qˀ qˀ

 K [k̠ˀ]
27 Qˀw qˀw Ꝁ/K̵/₭ [k̠ʷˀ]
28

S s

 S/s

[s]
29 Š š Ś [ʃ]
30

T t

T

[t]
31 Tł tł Ṯ [t͡ɬˀ]
32 Tť tť Ⱦ [ts̪ˀ]
33

Tˀ tˀ

D

 [tˀ]
34 Ť ť Ŧ [s̪]
35 U u U u [u~o]
36

W w

 W

[w]
37

Wˀ wˀ

 W

[wˀ]
38 Xw xw W̲ [x̟ʷ]
39 X̌ x̌ X [x̠]
40 X̌w x̌w X̲ [x̠ʷ]
41 Y y Y [j]
42 Yˀ yˀ Y [jˀ]
43 Z z Z [z/s]
44 ʔ ʔ , [ʔ]
There would not be letters b, d, f, g, j, o, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, t, p, k, č, l, p, s, respectively.

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