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

L'alfabeto vèneto
The Venetian alphabet/L'alfabeto veneto

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

#	Proposed letter	Letter's name	GVU letter	Examples	IPA
1	A a, à	a	A a	aqua, man	[a]
2	B b	bé	B b	barba, sbaro	[b]
3	C c	cé	C c	coa, tenca, carèga	[k/t͡ʃ]
	ch		ch, K k	checa	[k]
	cj		C' c'/Ċ ċ	mocj	[t͡ʃ]
4	Ç ç	çé	Ẑ ẑ, zh, zz, z	çanpedon, caçòt, çèrça	[θ~t͡s~s]
5	D d	dé	D d	dove, idra	[d]
6	E e	e	E e	feta	[e]
	é		é	paré	[e]
	è		è	ghènga, perèr	[ɛ]
7	F f	èfe	F f	finco, fìnferli, rufa	[f]
8	G g	gé	G g	gato, figo	[g/d͡ʒ]
	gh		gh	ghìngari, rughe	[g]
9	H h	aca	H h	hémena, ahari, hèr	[h~Ø]
10	I i, í	i	I i	intrada, fio	[i]
11	J j	i longa	J j	jèri, ajo	[j~d͡ʒ]
12	K k	kapa	K k	keno	[k]
13	L l	èle	L l	làrese, molton	[l]
14	Ł ł	èle evanessente	Ƚ ƚ	łate, goła	[l~ɰ~Ø]
15	M m	ème	M m	mare, rema	[m]
16	N n	ène	N n, Ṅ ṅ	naçion, ladin, venco	[n~ŋ]
	nj		gn, Ñ ñ	njaro, njanja, cunjà	[ɲ]
17	O o	o	O o	bote, fogo	[o]
	ó		ó	bogó	[o]
	ò		ò	fiòco, pòro	[ɔ]
18	P p	pé	P p	popà, despèrdere	[p]
19	Q q	cu	Q q	quacio, aqua	[k]
20	R r	ère	R r	rosto, vara	[r]
21	S s	èsse	S s, X x	soto, baston, àseno, sbaro	[s/z]
	sc		sc, sċ, s-c	mascio, scenxa, sciantixo	[sk/st͡ʃ]
	ss		S s	strassa	[s]
22	T t	té	T t	talpa, butiro, gat	[t]
23	U u, ú	u	U u	duto, dudolèr	[u]
24	V v	vé	V v	vaca, ava	[v]
25	X x	ics	X x	xe, onxo	[z]
26	Z z	zéta	Dh dh, Đ đ, Z z, Ż ż	zaino, zenòcio, franza	[ð~d͡z~z]
There would be not letters w (vé dopia) and y (ipsiłon, fio), which would be only used in loanwords.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Tuti i esseri umani xe nai łiberi e conpanji par dinjità e diriti. I xe dotai de razon e de coçiença e i gà da conportarse i uni co i altri co spirito de fradełança.

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