Lingít
The Tlingit alternative orthography

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

#	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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