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

Ceʔǩene/Tse'khene
The Sekani 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

à ã A_ a_ [ã]

3

B b B b [p]

4

C c

Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]

5

Cʼ cʼ

Tsʼ tsʼ

[t͡sʼ]

6

Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
7 Čʼ čʼ Chʼ chʼ

[t͡ʃʼ]

8 D d D d [t]
9 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
10 E e E e [e]
11 Ẽ ẽ E_ e_ [ẽ]

12

Ə ə U u [ə]

13

G g G g [k]
14 Gw gw Gw gw [kʷ]
15 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
16 H h H h [h]
17 I i I i [i]
18 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
19 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
20

K k

K k

[kʰ]

21 Kw kw Kw kw [kʷʰ]
22

Kʼ kʼ

Kʼ kʼ

[kʼ]
23 Kʼw kʼw Kʼw kʼw [kʷʼ]
24 Ǩ ǩ Kh kh [x]
25 Ǩw ǩw Khw khw [xʷ]
26 L l L l [l]
27 Ł ł Lh lh [ɬ]
28

M m

M m

[m]

29 N n N n [n]
30 O o O o [o]
31 Õ õ O_ o_ [õ]
32

P p

P p

[pʰ]

33

S s

S s

[s]

34

T t

T t

[tʰ]

35

Tʼ tʼ

Tʼ tʼ

[tʼ]
36 Tł tł Tl tl [t͡ɬʰ]
37 Tłʼ tłʼ Tlʼ tlʼ [t͡ɬʼ]
38 U u Oo oo [u]
39

W w

W w

[w]

40 X x Sh sh [ç]
41 Y y Y y [j]
42 Z z Z z [z]
43 ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
Low tones are marked with a grave accent (`), high tones are unmarked.
There would not be letters f, q, r, v, which would be replaced by p, k, l, p, respectively.

Text example
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