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

Tsúùt’ínà
The Sarcee 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

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.

Text example
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