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

Secwana/Setswana
The Tswana alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# Proposed letter Current letter IPA

1

A a

 А а

[a]

2

B b

B b

[b/β]

3

C c

Ts ts

 [t͡sʼ]

4

 Ch ch Tsh tsh [t͡sʰ]

5

 Č č Tš tš [t͡ʃʼ]
6 Čh čh Tšh tšh [t͡ʃʰ]

7*

 D d D d [d]

8

E e

 E e

[e~ɪ]
9 Ê ê Ê ê [ɛ]

10

F f

 F f

[ɸ/f]

11*

 G g G g [g]
12

H h

 H h

[h]
13

I i

I i

[i]

14

J j

 J j

[d͡ʒ]

15

K k

K k

[kʼ]
16 Kh kh Kh kh [kʰ]
17 Kx kx Kg kg [kxʰ]
18

L l

L l, D d

[l/ɺ]

19

M m

M m

[m]
20

N n

N n

[n]

21

 Ŋ ŋ Ng ng [ŋ]

22

 Ñ ñ Ny ny [ɲ]

23

 O o O o [o~ʊ]
24 Ô ô Ô ô [ɔ]

25

P p

P p

[pʼ]

26

 Ph ph Ph ph [pʰ]

27

Q q

Q q

[ǃ]

28

R r

R r

[r]
29

S s

S s

[s]
30

Š š

Sh sh

[ʃ]
31

T t

T t

[tʼ]
32 Th th Th th [tʰ]
33 Tl tl Tl tl

[t͡ɬʼ]
34 Tlh tlh Tlh tlh [t͡ɬʰ]
35 U u U u [u]
36* V v V v [v]
37 W w W w [w/ʷ]
38

X x

 G g

[χ]
39

Y y

 Y y

[j]
40* Z z Z z [z]
41* Ž ž J j [ʒ]
42 ʇ ʇ C c [ǀ]
43 ʖ ʖ X x [ǁ]
*These letters are only used in loanwords.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Batho botlhe ba cecwe ba xololosexile le xo lekalekana ka seriti le lichwanelo. Ba abecwe xo akaña le maikutlo, mme ba chwanece xo lirelana ka mowa wa bokauleŋwe.

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