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

Smʔalgyax/Sm'algyax
The Tsimshian alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Official letter

IPA

1

A a

 A a

[æ~ʌ]
2 Ā ā Aa aa [æː~ɒ]

3

 B b B b [b]

4

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡s]

5

 Cʔ cʔ Ts’ ts’ [t͡sˀ]

6

 D d D d [d]
7

E e

 E e

[ɛ]
8 Ē ē Ee ee [e]

9

 G g G g [g]
10 Gw gw Gw gw [gʷ]
11 Gy gy Gy gy [gʲ]

12

 Ƣ ƣ G_ g_ [ɢ]

13

 H h H h

[h]
14 I i I i [ɪ]
15 Ī ī Ii ii [i]
16

Ï ï

 Ü ü

[ɯː]
17 ϯ ï¯ Üü üü [ɯː]
18 J j Dz dz [d͡z]
19

K k

 K k

[k]
20 Kʔ kʔ K’ k’ [kˀ]
21 Kw kw Kw kw [kʷ]
22 Kwʔ kwʔ K’w k’w [kʷˀ]
23 Ky ky Ky ky [kʲ]
24 Kyʔ kyʔ K’y k’y [kʲˀ]
25 L l L l [l]
26 Lʔ lʔ ’L ’l [lˀ]
27 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
28

M m

 M m

[m]
29 Mʔ mʔ ’M ’m [mˀ]
30

N n

 N n

[n]
31 Nʔ nʔ ’N ’n [nˀ]
32

O o

 O o

[ɔ]
33 Ō ō Oo oo

[o]
34 P p P p [p]
35 Pʔ pʔ ’P ’p [pˀ]
36

Q q

 K_ k_

[q]
37 Qʔ qʔ K’_ k’_ [qˀ]
38

S s

 S s

[s]
39

T t

 T t

[t]
40 Tʔ tʔ T’ t’ [tˀ]
41

U u

 U u

[ʊ]
42 Ū ū Uu uu [u]
43 W w W w [w]
44 Wʔ wʔ ’W ’w [wˀ]
45 X x X x [χ]
46 Y y Y y [j]
47 Yʔ yʔ ’Y ’y [jˀ]
48 Ÿ ÿ Ẅ ẅ [ɰ]
49 Ÿʔ ÿʔ ’Ẅ ’ẅ [ɰˀ]
50 ʔ ʔ ’ [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, r, v, z, which would be replaced by p, l, b, j, respectively.

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