Seneca alternative orthography

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

Onõntowáʔkaaʔ/Onöndowá'ga:'
The Seneca alternative orthography

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

#

Proposed letter
Current letter
IPA

1

A a
A a
[ɑ]

2
Ä ä Ä ä [æ]

3
E e E e [e]

4
Ę ę Ë ë [ɛ̃]

5
H h H h [h]

6
I i I i [i]

7 J j J j [d͡ʒ~t͡ʃ]

8
K k

K k, G g

[k~g]

9 N n N n [n]

10 O o O o [o~u]

11 Ǫ ǫ Ö ö [ɔ̃~ũ]

12

S s
S s
[s]

13

Š š
S̈ s̈
[ʃ]

14
T t

T t, D d

[t~d]

15
W w
W w
[w]

16 Y y Y y [j]

17 Z z ts, dz [t͡s]

18 ʔ ʔ ’ [ʔ]

Stress vowels are marked with an acute accent (´). Long vowels are doubled (aa), not followed by a colon.
There would not be letters b, c, d, f, g, l, m, p, q, r, u, v, x, which would be replaced by t, k/s, t, t, k, s, n, t, k, s, o, t, ks, respectively.

Text example
The Bird (Jiʔdę´ʔǫǫh)

Soʔt ękekeotęʔ kwáá nǫǫh, haanyǫ´ʔǫ nekęʔ tóótǫęzooní ʔéothǫǫtéék, nikakéoʔtę´ę´s nónęhjiikhaaʔ. Neeʔ kyǫʔǫ nónęhji waonǫhwákeeeyaʔs. Taa onę ʔooyaʔ saaonyáák, hoksáʔtayę´ʔ kyǫʔǫ´ kwaʔhoh. Taa onę nä́ä́ kyǫʔǫ kahatakǫ´: hwaaneeʔ. Ta onę nä́ä́ kyǫʔǫ kęęs hatówäthéʔs nekęʔ né haǫhwǫʔ. Taa onę nä́ kyǫʔǫ, wáę´ʔ. Kyǫʔǫ né saaayǫʔ.

Home

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[ɑ]
2	Ä ä	Ä ä	[æ]
3	E e	E e	[e]
4	Ę ę	Ë ë	[ɛ̃]
5	H h	H h	[h]
6	I i	I i	[i]
7	J j	J j	[d͡ʒ~t͡ʃ]
8	K k	K k, G g	[k~g]
9	N n	N n	[n]
10	O o	O o	[o~u]
11	Ǫ ǫ	Ö ö	[ɔ̃~ũ]
12	S s	S s	[s]
13	Š š	S̈ s̈	[ʃ]
14	T t	T t, D d	[t~d]
15	W w	W w	[w]
16	Y y	Y y	[j]
17	Z z	ts, dz	[t͡s]
18	ʔ ʔ	’	[ʔ]
Stress vowels are marked with an acute accent (´). Long vowels are doubled (aa), not followed by a colon. There would not be letters b, c, d, f, g, l, m, p, q, r, u, v, x, which would be replaced by t, k/s, t, t, k, s, n, t, k, s, o, t, ks, respectively.