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

Sex̌wepemx̌cín/Secwepemctsín
The Shuswap 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

C c

Ts ts

[t͡ʃ~t͡s]

3

Cˀ cˀ

Tsˀ tsˀ

[t͡ʃˀ~t͡sˀ]

4

E e E e [ɛ]

5

G g G g [ʕ]

6

Gw gw Gw gw [ʕʷ]
7 Gˀw gˀw Gˀw gˀw [ʕʷˀ]
8 H h H h [h]
9 I i I i [i~e]
10

K k

K k

[k]

11 Kw kw Kw kw [kʷ]

12

Kˀ kˀ

Kˀ kˀ

[kˀ]

13

Kˀw kˀw Kˀw kˀw [kʷˀ]
14 L l L l [l]
15 Lˀ lˀ Lˀ lˀ [lˀ]
16 Ł ł Ll ll [ɬ]
17

M m

M m

[m]

18

Mˀ mˀ

Mˀ mˀ

[mˀ]

19 N n N n [n]
20 Nˀ nˀ Nˀ nˀ [nˀ]
21 O o O o [ɔ]
22

P p

P p

[p]

23

Pˀ pˀ

Pˀ pˀ

[pˀ]

24

Q q

Q q

[q]

25 Qw qw Qw qw [qʷ]
26

Qˀ qˀ

Qˀ qˀ

[qˀ]
27 Qˀw qˀw Qˀw qˀw [qʷˀ]
28 R r R r [ɰ]
29 Rˀ rˀ Rˀ rˀ [ɰˀ]
30

S s

S s

[ʃ~s]

31

T t

T t

[t]

32

Tˀ tˀ

Tˀ tˀ

[tˀ/t͡ɬˀ]
33 U u U u [u~o]
34

W w

W w

[w]

35

Wˀ wˀ

Wˀ wˀ

[wˀ]

36 X x C c [x]
37 Xw xw Cw cw [xʷ]
38 X̌ x̌ X x [χ]
39 X̌w x̌w Xw xw [χʷ]
40 Y y Y y [j]
41 Yˀ yˀ Yˀ yˀ [jˀ]
42 ʔ ʔ 7 [ʔ]
Stressed vowels are marked with an acute accent (´).
There would not be letters b, d, f, j, v, z, which would be replaced by p, t, p, c, p, s, respectively.

Text example
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Wʔáx̌ kwex̌w mtnʔúq̓wy mck̓láp ltwtwwíwtes máʔa. Yríʔ rscúns kwex̌w lxpáʔas lck̓áwlx̌: «x̌wúy̓ maʔ náskt cp̓stwáx̌wmstm maʔ qít̓mkt mk̓wúlmkt tkswáwll, maʔ k̓áx̌mkt». Yríʔ rsqwecács kwex̌w lxpáʔas, kícx̌ kwex̌w nxyúm tpásellkwa sp̓stwáx̌wmstm. Kícx̌ kwex̌w lxpáʔas, yríʔ lxpáʔas kwex̌w rck̓áwlx̌ yríʔ rskwáns lsmánx̌s, yríʔ rsnínk̓ms, yríʔ rsx̌peq̓wqín̓ms.

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