Tsúùt’ínà
The Sarcee alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
2	B b	B b	[b]
3	C c	C c	[ʃ]
4	D d	D d	[d]
5	Dj dj	Dj dj	[d͡ɮ]
6	Dł dł	Dl dl	[d͡ʒ]
7	Dz dz	Dz dz	[d͡z]
8	G g	G g	[g]
9	Ǧ ǧ	Ɣ ɣ	[ɣ]
10	H h	H h	[h]
11	I i	I i	[i~e]
12	J j	J j	[ʒ]
13	K k	K k	[k]
14	Kʼ kʼ	Kʼ kʼ	[kʼ]
15	L l	L l	[l]
16	Ł ł	Ł ł	[ɬ]
17	M m	M m	[m]
18	N n	N n	[n]
19	O o	O o	[ɒ]
20	S s	S s	[s]
21	T t	T t	[t]
22	Tʼ tʼ	Tʼ tʼ	[tʼ]
23	Tc tc	Tc tc	[t͡ʃ]
24	Tcʼ tcʼ	Tcʼ tcʼ	[t͡ʃʼ]
25	Tł tł	Tl tl	[t͡ɬ]
26	Tłʼ tłʼ	Tlʼ tlʼ	[t͡ɬʼ]
27	Ts ts	Ts ts	[t͡s]
28	Tsʼ tsʼ	Tsʼ tsʼ	[t͡sʼ]
29	U u	U u	[u~o]
30	W w	W w	[w]
31	X x	X x	[x]
32	Y y	Y y	[j]
33	Z z	Z z	[z]
34	ʔ ʔ	’	[ʔ]
Low tones are marked with a grave accent (`), medial tones are unmarked and high tones are marked with an acute accent (´). Long vowels are doubled (aa). There would not be letters e, f, p, q, r, v, which would be replaced by i, b, b, k, l, b, respectively.

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