This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Tlingit. 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.

Lingít
The Tlingit alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[ʌ~ɐ]

2 Aa aa Aa aa [aː~ɒː]

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 Dl dl Dl dl [t͡ɬ]

9

E e

E e

[ɛ]

10 Ee ee Ei ei [eː]
11 G g G g [k]

12

Gw gw Gw gw [kʷ]

13

Ƣ ƣ Gh gh [q]
14 Ƣw ƣw Ghw ghw [qʷ]
15 H h H h

[h]

16 Hw hw Hw hw

[hʷ]

17 I i I i [ɪ]
18 Ii ii Ee ee [iː]
19 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
20 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
21

K k

K k

[kʰ]

22 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
23 Kw kw Kw kw [kʷʰ]
24 Kw’ kw’ K’w k’w [kʷ’]
25 L l L l [ɬ]
26 L’ l’ L’ l’ [ɬ’]
27 Ḷ ḷ Ll ll [l]
28

M m

M m

[m]

29

N n

N n

[n]

30

Q q

Kh kh

[qʰ]

31 Q’ q’ Kh’ kh’ [q’]
32 Qw qw Khw khw [qʷʰ]
33 Qw’ qw’ Kh’w kh’w [qʷ’]
34

S s

S s

[s]

35

S’ s’

S’ s’

[s’]

36 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
37

T t

T t

[tʰ]

38 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
39

Tl tl

Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]

40 Tl’ tl’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
41

U u

U u

[ʊ]

42 Uu uu Oo oo [uː]
43 W w W w [w]
44 X x X x [x]
45 X’ x’ X’ x’ [x’]
46 Xw xw Xw xw [xʷʰ]
47 Xw’ xw’ X’w x’w [xʷ’]
48 X̌ x̌ Xh xh [χ]
49 X̌’ x̌’ Xh’ xh’ [χ’]
50 X̌w x̌w Xhw xhw [χʷʰ]
51 X̌w’ x̌w’ Xh’w xh’w [χʷ’]
52 Y y Y y [j]
53 Ÿ ÿ Ÿ ÿ [ɰ]
54 ʔ ʔ . [ʔ]
55 ʔw ʔw .w [ʔʷ]
There would not be letters b, f, o, p, r, v, z, which would be replaced by d, d, u, l, d, s, respectively.
Tones
Low level ˩ a
High level ˥ á

Text example
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