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

Nłeʔkepmxcin/Nlha7kápmx
The Thompson alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

Bouchard letter Americanist letter

IPA

1

A a

A a, O o A a

[a]

2

C c

Ts ts

C c

[t͡s]

Cˀ cˀ

Tsˀ tsˀ

Cˀ cˀ

[t͡sˀ]
4 C̠ c̠ Tss tss C̣ c̣ [t͡s̠]

5

E e A a E e [e]

6

Ə ə E e, U u Ə ə [ə]
7 Ə̠ ə̠ E e, O o Ə̣ ə̣ [ə̠]
8 G g G g ʕ ʕ [ʕ]
9 Gw gw Gw gw ʕʷ ʕʷ [ʕʷ]
10 Gˀ gˀ Gˀ gˀ ʕˀ ʕˀ [ʕˀ]
11 Gˀw gˀw Gˀw gˀw ʕˀʷ ʕˀʷ [ʕʷˀ]

12

H h H h H h [h]

13

I i I i I i [i]
14 I̠ i̠ I i Ị ị [i̠]
15

K k

K k

K k

[k]

16 Kw kw Kw kw Kʷ kʷ [kʷ]
17

Kˀ kˀ

Kˀ kˀ

Kˀ kˀ

[kˀ]
18 Kˀw kˀw Kwˀ kwˀ Kˀʷ kˀʷ [kʷˀ]
19 L l L l L l [l]
20 Lˀ lˀ Lˀ lˀ Lˀ lˀ [lˀ]
21 Ł ł Lh lh Ł ɬ [ɬ]
22

M m

M m

M m

[m]

23

Mˀ mˀ

Mˀ mˀ

Mˀ mˀ

[mˀ]

24 N n N n N n [n]
25 Nˀ nˀ Nˀ nˀ Nˀ nˀ [nˀ]
26 O o O o, U u O o [o]
27

P p

P p P p

[p]

28

Pˀ pˀ

Pˀ pˀ Pˀ pˀ

[pˀ]

29

Q q

Ḵ ḵ

Q q

[q]

30 Qw qw Ḵw ḵw Qʷ qʷ [qʷ]
31

Qˀ qˀ

Ḵˀ ḵˀ

Qˀ qˀ

[qˀ]
32 Qˀw qˀw Ḵˀw ḵˀw Qˀʷ qˀʷ [qʷˀ]
33 R r R r Ɣ ɣ [ɣ]
34 Rˀ rˀ Rˀ rˀ Ɣˀ ɣˀ [ɣˀ]
35

S s

S s S s

[s]

36 S̠ s̠ Ss ss Ṣ ṣ [s̠]
37

T t

T t

T t

[t]

38

Tˀ tˀ

Tˀ tˀ

Tˀ tˀ [tˀ]
39 Tł tł Tlˀ tlˀ ƛ̓ ƛ̓ [t͡ɬˀ]
40 U u U u U u [u]
41

W w

W w W w

[w]

42

Wˀ wˀ

Wˀ wˀ Wˀ wˀ

[wˀ]

43 X x X x X x [x]
44 Xw xw Xw xw Xʷ xʷ [xʷ]
45 X̌ x̌ X̱ x̱ X̣ x̣ [χ]
46 X̌w x̌w X̱w x̱w X̣ʷ x̣ʷ [χʷ]
47 Y y Y y Y y [j]
48 Yˀ yˀ Yˀ yˀ Yˀ yˀ [jˀ]
49 Z z Z z Z z [z]
50 Zˀ zˀ Zˀ zˀ Zˀ zˀ [zˀ]
51 ʔ ʔ 7 ʔ ʔ [ʔ]
Stressed vowels are marked with an acute accent (´).
There would not be letters b, d, f, j, v, which would be replaced by p, t, p, c, p, respectively.

Text example
The Man who Went to the Moon

Wˀéx ekwu néʔ tłiʔsqáyxw, tłuʔ ʔe sxwúy̓s xwǝsxwesít u ł xéʔłtmíxw. Tǝtéʔ k e stéʔs, tém ekwu téʔ k e stéʔs e séytknmx. Tǝtéʔ k syix̌mstés k stéʔ. Tǝtéʔe k syix̌mstés k stéʔ téʔe tǝk c̓íy us xwuy̓ scutǝ́ns. tłuʔ ʔe suʔéxs tłiʔsqáyxw tłuʔ ʔe scutés ł sc̓ǝqʔéwłc e sxwuy̓s nes u ł e máʕxetn. Wʔéx ekwu tłiʔsqáyxw tłuʔ ʔe sxwáwkws k sx̌ǝkpstés tǝk c̓iy us xéʔe u cíʔe k scutǝ́ns. ʔe xéʔe tłuʔ ʔe scúts “Xwuy̓ xéʔe x̌ǝkpsténe he c̓kén̓m us u cíʔe he scutǝ́ns, u cíʔe tǝk tmíxw k séytknmx.”

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