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

Tā̀giš/Tā̀gish
The Tagish 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 Ā ā Ā ā [aː]
3 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
4 Ą̄ ą̄ Ą̄ ą̄ [ãː]
5 B b Mb mb [ᵐp]
6

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]
7 C’ c’ Ts’ ts’ [t͡s’]
8 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
9 Č’ č’ Ch’ ch’ [t͡ʃ’]
10 D d D d [t]
11 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
12 E e E e [e]
13 Ē ē Ē ē [eː]
14 Ę ę Ę ę [ẽ]
15 Ę̄ ę̄ Ę̄ ę̄ [ẽː]
16 G g G g [k]
17 Ǧ ǧ Gh gh [ɣ]
18 H h H h [h]
19 I i I i [i]
20 Ī ī Ī ī [iː]
21 Į į Į į [ĩ]
22 Į̄ į̄ Į̄ į̄ [ĩː]
23 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
24 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
25 K k K k

[kʰ]
26 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
27 L l L l [l]
28 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
29

M m

M m

[m]
30

N n

N n

[n]
31 Nd nd Nd nd [ⁿt]
32 O o O o [o]
33 Ō ō Ō ō [oː]
34 Ǫ ǫ Ǫ ǫ [õ]
35 Ǭ ǭ Ǭ ǭ [õː]
36 S s S s [s]
37 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
38 T t T t

[tʰ]
39 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
40 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]
41 Tł’ tł’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
42 U u U u [u]
43 Ū ū Ū ū [uː]
44 Ų ų Ų ų [ũ]
45 Ų̄ ų Ų̄ ų [ũː]
46 W w W w [w]
47 X x Kh kh [x]
48 Y y Y y [j]
49 Z z Z z [z]
50 Ž ž Zh zh [ʒ]
51 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
High a
Low à

Text example
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