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

Saamáka
The Saramaccan Latin alphabet

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# Proposed letter IPA

1

A a

[a]

2

 Ą ą [ã]

3

B b

[b]

4

C c

 [c]

5

 D d [d]
6

E e

[e]

7

 Ę ę [ẽ]

8

 Ɛ ɛ [ɛ]
9 Ɛ̨ ɛ̨ [ɛ̃]

10

 F f [f]
11 G g [ɡ]
12 Gb gb [ɡ͡b]
13

H h

[ç]

14

I i

[i]

15

 Į į [ĩ]
16

J j

[ɟ]
17

K k

[k]
18 Kp kp [k͡p]

19

 L l [l]
20

M m

[m]

21

Mb mb

[mb]

22

N n

[n]

23

Nd nd

[nd]
24

Ng ng

[ŋg]
25 Ñ ñ [ɲ]

26

 Ñj ñj [ɲɟ]
27 O o [o]
28 Ǫ ǫ [õ]
29 Ɔ ɔ [ɔ]
30 Ɔ̨ ɔ̨ [ɔ̃]
31 P p [p]
32 S s [s]
33

T t

[t]
34 U u [u]
35 Ų ų [ũ]
36 V v [v]
37 W w [w]
38

Y y

[j]
39 Z z [z]
There would not be letters q, r, x, which would be replaced by k, l, ks, respectively.

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