Sqwx̌wuʔmeš/Sḵwx̱wu7mesh
The Squamish alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
2	C c	Ts ts	[t͡s]
3	C’ c’	Ts’ ts’	[t͡s’]
4	Č č	Ch ch	[t͡ʃ]
5	Č’ č’	Ch’ ch’	[t͡ʃ’]
6	E e	E e	[ə]
7	H h	H h	[h]
8	H’ h’	H’ h’	[hˀ]
9	I i	I i	[i]
10	K k	K k	[k]
11	Kw kw	Kw kw	[kʷ]
12	K’ k’	K’ k’	[k’]
13	K’w k’w	K’w k’w	[kʷ’]
14	L l	L l	[l]
15	L’ l’	L’ l’	[lˀ]
16	Ł ł	Lh lh	[ɬ]
17	Ł’ ł’	Lh’ lh’	[t͡ɬ’]
18	M m	M m	[m]
19	M’ m’	M’ m’	[mˀ]
20	N n	N n	[n]
21	N’ n’	N’ n’	[nˀ]
22	P p	P p	[p]
23	P’ p’	P’ p’	[p’]
24	Q q	K_ k_	[q]
25	Qw qw	K_w k_w	[qʷ]
26	Q’ q’	K_’ k_’	[q’]
27	Q’w q’w	K_’w k_’w	[qʷ’]
28	S s	S s	[s]
29	Š š	Sh sh	[ʃ]
30	T t	T t	[t]
31	T’ t’	T’ t’	[t’]
32	U u	U u	[u]
33	W w	W w	[w]
34	W’ w’	W’ w’	[wˀ]
35	Xw xw	Xw xw	[xʷ]
36	X̌ x̌	X_ x_	[χ]
37	X̌w x̌w	X_w x_w	[χʷ]
38	Y y	Y y	[j]
39	Y’ y’	Y’ y’	[jˀ]
40	ʔ ʔ	7	[ʔ]
There would not be letters b, d, f, g, j, o, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, t, p, k, č, u, l, p, s, respectively.

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