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

Neeʔaandegʔ/Nee'aandeg'
The Southern Tutchone 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 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
3 B b B b [p]
4

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]
5 C’ c’ Ts’ ts’ [t͡s’]
6 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
7 Č’ č’ Ch’ ch’ [t͡ʃ’]
8 D d D d [t]
9 Dď dď Ddh ddh [t͡θ]
10 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
11 Ď ď Dh dh [ð]
12 E e E e [e]
13 Ę ę Ę ę [ẽ]
14 Ë ë Ä ä [ə]
15 ʨ ę¨ Ą̈ ą̈ [ə̃]
16 G g G g [k]
17 Gw gw Gw gw [kʷ]
18 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
19 Ǧw ǧw Ghw ghw [ɣʷ]
20 H h H h [h]
21 I i I i [i]
22 Į į Į į [ĩ]
23 Ï ï Ü ü [ɨ]
24 Į¨ į¨ Ų¨ ų¨ [ɨ˜]
25 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
26 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
27 K k K k

[kʰ]
28 Kw kw Kw kw

[kʷʰ]
29 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
30 K’w k’w K’w k’w [kʷ’]
31 L l L l [l]
32 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
33

M m

M m

[m]
34

Mb mb

Mb mb

[ᵐp]
35

N n

N n

[n]
36 Nd nd Nd nd [ⁿt]
37 Nǰ nǰ Nj nj [ⁿt͡ʃ]
38 O o O o [o]
39 S s S s [s]
40 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
41 T t T t

[tʰ]
42 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
43 Tť tť Tth tth [t͡θʰ]
44 Tťʼ tťʼ Tthʼ tthʼ [t͡θʼ]
45 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]
46 Tł’ tł’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
47 Ť ť Th th [θ]
48 U u U u [u]
49 Ų ų Ų ų [ũ]
50 W w W w [w]
51 X x Kh kh [x]
52 Xw xw Khw khw [xʷ]
53 Y y Y y [j]
54 ʔ ʔ ' [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, r, v, z, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k, l, b, s, respectively.
Tones
Low a
Falling à
Rising á

Text example
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