Neeʔaandegʔ/Nee'aandeg'
The Tanacross alternative orthography

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

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	A a	[a]
2	B b	B b	[p]
3	C c	Ts ts	[t͡sʰ]
4	C’ c’	Ts’ ts’	[t͡s’]
5	Č č	Ch ch	[t͡ʃʰ]
6	Č’ č’	Ch’ ch’	[t͡ʃ’]
7	D d	D d	[t]
8	Dď dď	Ddh ddh	[t͡θ]
9	Dł dł	Dl dl	[t͡ɬ]
10	Ď ď	T_h_ t_h_	[ð̥]
11	Ďď ďď	Dh dh	[ð]
12	E e	E e	[e]
13	G g	G g	[k]
14	Ǧ ǧ	Gh gh	[ɣ̊]
15	Ǧǧ ǧǧ	X_ x_	[ɣ]
16	H h	H h	[h]
17	I i	I i	[i]
18	J j	Dz dz	[t͡s]
19	J̌ ǰ	J j	[t͡ʃ]
20	K k	K k	[kʰ]
21	K’ k’	K’ k’	[k’]
22	L l	Ł_ ł_	[ɮ̊]
23	Ll ll	L l	[l]
24	Ł ł	Ł ł	[ɬ]
25	M m	M m	[m]
26	N n	N n	[n]
27	Ň ň	Nh nh	[n̥]
28	O o	O o	[o]
29	S s	S s	[s]
30	Š š	Sh sh	[ʃ]
31	T t	T t	[tʰ]
32	T’ t’	T’ t’	[t’]
33	Tł tł	Tl tl	[t͡ɬʰ]
34	Tł’ tł’	Tl’ tl’	[t͡ɬ’]
35	Tť tť	Tth tth	[t͡θʰ]
36	Tťʼ tťʼ	Tthʼ tthʼ	[t͡θʼ]
37	Ť ť	Th th	[θ]
38	U u	U u	[u]
39	X x	X x	[x]
40	Y y	Y y	[j]
41	Yˇ yˇ	Yh yh	[j̊]
42	Z z	S_ s_	[z̥]
43	Zz zz	Z z	[z]
44	Ž ž	S_h_ s_h_	[ʒ̊]
45	ʔ ʔ	'	[ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, r, v, w, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k, l, b, u, respectively. Long vowels are written doubled, e.g., aa.

Tones

High	á
Low	a
Rising	â
Falling	ǎ
Extra-high	á´

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