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

Neeʔaandeegnʔ/Neeʼaandeegnʼ
The Upper Tanana alternative orthography

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

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Proposed letter

 Current letter

IPA

1

A a

A a

[a]
2 Ą ą Ą ą [ã]
3 B b B b [p]
4

C c

 Ts ts

[t͡sʰ]
5 C’ c’ Ts’ ts’ [t͡s’]
6 Č č Ch ch [t͡ʃʰ]
7 Č’ č’ Ch’ ch’ [t͡ʃ’]
8 D d D d [t]
9 Dď dď Ddh ddh [t͡θ]
10 Dł dł Dl dl [t͡ɬ]
11 Ď ď T̲h̲ t̲h̲ [ð̥]
12 Ďď ďď Dh dh [ð]
13 E e E e [e]
14 Ę ę Ę ę [ẽ]
15 Ë ë Ä ä [ə]
16 Ę̈ ę̈ Ą̈ ą̈ [ə̃]
17 G g G g [k]
18 Ǧ ǧ X̲ x̲ [ɣ]
19 H h H h [h]
20 I i I i [i]
21 Į į Į į [ĩ]
22 Ï ï Ü ü [ɨ]
23 Į̈ į̈ Ų̈ ų̈ [ɨ̃]
24 J j Dz dz [t͡s]
25 J̌ ǰ J j [t͡ʃ]
26 K k K k

[kʰ]
27 K’ k’ K’ k’ [k’]
28 L l L l [l]
29 Ł ł Ł ł [ɬ]
30 Ļ ļ Ł̲ ł̲ [ɮ̊]
31

M m

M m

[m]
32

Mb mb

Mb mb

[mb]
33

N n

N n

[n]
34 Nd nd Nd nd [nt]
35 O o O o [o]
36 Ǫ ǫ Ǫ ǫ [õ]
37 S s S s [s]
38 Š š Sh sh [ʃ]
39 T t T t

[tʰ]
40 T’ t’ T’ t’ [t’]
41 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʰ]
42 Tł’ tł’ Tl’ tl’ [t͡ɬ’]
43 Tť tť Tth tth [t͡θʰ]
44 Tťʼ tťʼ Tthʼ tthʼ [t͡θʼ]
45 Ť ť Th th [θ]
46 U u U u [u]
47 Ų ų Ų ų [ũ]
48 W w W w [w]
49 X x X x [x]
50 Y y Y y [j]
51 Z z S̲ s̲ [z̥]
52 Ž ž S̲h̲ s̲h̲ [ʒ̊]
53 ʔ ʔ ' [ʔ]
There would not be letters f, p, q, r, v, w, which would be only used in loanwords or replaced by b, b, k, l, b, u, respectively.
Long vowels are written doubled, e.g., aa.
Tones
High á
Rising ǎ
Plain a

Text example
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