Ðé Skots alternativ orþografi
The Scots alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Letter's name	IPA	Examples in current orthography	Examples in proposed orthography
1	A a	(lax) á/aw [(laks) eɪ/ɑː]	[a, ɑ]	man, cat, bag	man, kat, bag
	ai		[eː]	pain, fair, scaith	pain, fair, skaiþ
	au		[ɑː, ɔː]	saul, lauch, haund	saul, lauȝ, haund
	aw		[ɑː, ɔː]	law, maw, craw	law, maw, kraw
	ay		[eː]	day	day
2	Á á	tens á/aw [tɛns e/ɑː]	[e]	bane, airm, aiple	bán, árm, ápel
3	B b	bé [bi], bay [beː]	[b]	brain, baw, bowt	brain, baw, bowt
4	C c	cé [t͡ʃi], sé [si], cay [t͡ʃeː], say [seː]	[t͡ʃ]	Cheena, chyce, airc	Céna, cís, airc
5	D d	dé [di], day [deː]	[d]	deed, dou, blad	déd, dú, blad
6	Ð ð	eð [ɛð]	[ð]	faither, than, ither	faiðer, ðan, iðer
7	E e	(lax) é/ay [(laks) i/eː]	[ɛ]	bress, fest, ess	bress, fest, ess
	ei		[iː]
	eou		[jʌu]
	eow		[jʌu]
	eu		[ju]	euro	euro
	ew		[ju]	dew, few, new	dew, few, new
	ey		[iː]	ee, bee	ey, bey
8	È è	òpen é/ay [opɛn i/eː]	[i, e]	deid, beard, ease	dèd, bèrd, èz
9	É é	tens é/ay [tɛns i/eː]	[i]	deed, freend, hear	déd, frénd, hér
10	F f	ef(f) [ɛf]	[f]	fine, frae, gowf	fín, frá, gowf
11	G g	gé [gi], jé [d͡ʒi], gay [geː], jay [d͡ʒeː]	[g]	gae, gaw, flag	gá, gaw, flag
	gh		[g]	ghaist, Ghana	ghaist, Ghana
	gn		[(g)n]
	gw		[gw]	lingueestics	lin·gwéstiks
12	H h	há [he], ác [et͡ʃ], aic [eːt͡ʃ], ic [ɪt͡ʃ]	[h]	heich, hou, haimer	héȝ, hú, haimer
13	Ƕ ƕ	hwair [hweː]	[ʍ]	wheel, whaur, whisky	ƕél, ƕaur, ƕiski
14	I i	(lax) í/ey [(laks) aɪ/iː]	[ɪ]	pin, hill	pin, hill
	iu		[ju]
	iw		[ju]	unity	iwniti
15	Í í	tens í/ey [tɛns aɪ/iː]	[əɪ, aɪ]	fire, mynd, pynt	fír, mínd, pínt
16	J j	já [d͡ʒe]	[d͡ʒ]	jyne, jist, Japan	jín, jist, Japan
17	K k	ká [ke]	[k]	cake, kind, tyke	kaik, kínd, tík
	kk		[k]	bick, geck, muckle	bikk, gekk, mukkel
	kn		[(k/t)n]	knap, knee, knowe	knap, kné, know
18	L l	el(l) [ɛl]	[l]	lade, law, nail	lád, law, nail
19	M m	em(m) [ɛm]	[m]	meat, mair, mou	mèt, már, mú
20	N n	en(n) [ɛn]	[n]	nou, nit, can	nú, nit, kan
	ng		[ŋ]	lang, viking, keeng	lang, víking, kéng
	n·g		[ŋg]	language, English	lan·guáj, Én·glish
	nc		[nʃ]	brainch, dunch	brainc, dunc
21	O o	(lax) ò [(laks) o]	[ɔ]	God, fon, corn	God, fon, korn
	oi		[oe]	noise	nois
	ou		[ʌu]
	ow		[ʌu]	lown, growe, stowe	lown, grow, stow
	oy		[oe]
22	Ò ò	òpen ò [opɛn o]	[o]	cole, foal, hole	kòl, fòl, hòl
23	Ó ó	tens ò [tɛns o], ó [ø]	[ø]	guid, beuk, fluir	gód, bók, flór
24	P p	pé [pi], pay [peː]	[p]	peth, pan, raip	páþ, pan, ráp
	ph		[p]	Phnom Penh, Imphal	Phnom Peny, Imphal
25	Q q	kú [ku], kiw [kju], qey [kwiː]	[kw]	queen, quick, quote	qén, qikk, qòt
26	R r	ar [ar], err [ɛr]	[r]	ream, sair, airm	rèm, sár, árm
27	S s	es(s) [ɛs]	[s/z]	syle, saip, moose	síl, sáp, mús
	sh		[ʃ]	shairp, sheuch, wash	shárp, shóȝ, wash
	s·h		[sh]
28	T t	té [ti], tay [teː]	[t]	tak, tail, ait	tak, tail, át
	th		[t]	Thai	Thí
	t·h		[th]
29	U u	(lax) ú/iw [(laks) u/ju]	[ʌ]	gun, but, cut	gun, but, kut
30	Ú ú	tens ú/iw [tɛns u/u]	[u]	doun, hoose, cou	dún, hús, kú
31	V v	vé [vi], vow [vʌu]	[v]	vyce, vote, verb	vís, vòt, verb
32	W w	wé [wi], way [weː], dúbl-ú/iw [dubl u/ju], úlú [ulu]	[w]	wab, wall, wind	wab, wall, wind
	wr		[(w/v)r]	wrack, wrang, write	wrakk, wrang, wrít
33	X x	ex [ɛks]	[ks]	box, six, taxi	box, six, taxi
	x-		[z]	xylophone, xenon, xenophobia	xílofòn, xenon, xenofòbia
34	Y y	yé [ji], yay [jeː], wí [waɪ]	[j]	yit, yowe, ye	yit, yow, yé
35	Z z	zed [zɛd]	[z]	zoo, zebra, zone	zú, zebra, zòn
	zh		[ʒ]	Izhvesk	Izhvesk
36	Þ þ	þorn [θɔrn]	[θ]	thing, thank, bath	þing, þank, baþ
37	Ȝ ȝ	yoȝ [jɔx]	[x]	aicht, loch, nicht	aiȝt, loȝ, níȝt
Foreign words and names maintein their original spelling, so the pronunciation is different to Scots.

Text example

First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Aw hóman sowls is born fré and éqal in digniti and ríȝts. Ðí ar toȝerd wi mens and konssiens and shud gíd ðeirsels an til iðer in á spèrit o briðerhèd.

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