This is a proposed alphabet that is meant to be used for writing of Salish (Kalispel–Spokane–Flathead). 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.

Séliš
The Salish 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

C c

C c

 [t͡s]

3

Cˀ cˀ

Cˀ cˀ

 [t͡sˀ]

4

Č č

Č č

 [t͡ʃ]

5

Čˀ čˀ

Čˀ čˀ

 [t͡ʃˀ]

6

 E e E e [e]
7 H h H h [h]
8 I i I i [i]
9

K k

K k

[k]
10 Kw kw Kʷ kʷ [kʷ]
11 Kˀw kˀw Kˀʷ kˀʷ [kʷˀ]

12

 L l L l [ᵈl ~ ᵈɮ]

13

 ˀL ˀl Lˀ lˀ [ˀl]
14 Ł ł Ł ł [ᵗɬ]
15

M m

M m

[m]
16

ˀM ˀm

Mˀ mˀ

[ˀm]
17 N n N n [n]
18 ˀN ˀn Nˀ nˀ [ˀn]
19 O o O o [o]
20

P p

 P p

[p]
21

Pˀ pˀ

 Pˀ pˀ

[pˀ]
22

Q q

Q q

[q]
23 Qw qw Qw qw [qʷ]
24

Qˀ qˀ

Qˀ qˀ

 [qˀ]
25 Qˀw qˀw Qˀw qˀw [qʷˀ]
26

S s

 S s

[s]
27 Š š Š š [ʃ]
28

T t

T t

[t]
29

Tˀ tˀ

Tˀ tˀ

 [tˀ]
30 Tł tł ƛ̓ ƛ̓ [t͡ɬˀ]
31 U u U u [u]
32

W w

 W w

[w]
33

ˀW ˀw

 Wˀ wˀ

[ˀw]
34 Xw xw Xʷ xʷ [xʷ]
35 X̌ x̌ X̣ x̣ [χ]
36 X̌w x̌w X̣ʷ x̣ʷ [χʷ]
37 Y y Y y [j]
38 ˀY ˀy Yˀ yˀ [ˀj]
39 ʕ ʕ ʕ ʕ [ʕ]
40 ʕw ʕw ʕʷ ʕʷ [ʕʷ]
41 ˀʕ ˀʕ ʕˀ ʕˀ [ˀʕ]
42 ˀʕw ˀʕw ʕˀʷ ʕˀʷ [ˀʕʷ]
43 ʔ ʔ ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
Stressed vowels are marked with an acute accent (´).
There would not be letters b, d, f, g, j, o, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, t, p, k, č, u, l, p, s, respectively.

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