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

Beriaa
The Zaghawa Latin alphabet

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

#	Latin letter	IPA
1	A a	[a~ə]
2	B b	[b]
3	C c	[ʃ]
4	D d	[d]
5	E e	[ɛ~e]
6	F f	[f]
7	G g	[g]
8	H h	[h]
9	I i	[ɪ~i]
10	J j	[ʒ]
11	K k	[k]
12	L l	[l]
13	M m	[m]
14	N n	[n]
15	Ñ ñ	[ɲ]
16	Ŋ ŋ	[ŋ]
17	O o	[ɔ~o]
18	P p	[p]
19	R r	[ɾ~r]
20	S s	[s]
21	T t	[t]
22	U u	[ʊ~u]
23	W w	[w]
24	X x	[ħ]
25	Y y	[j]
There would not be letters q(u), v, z, which would be replaced by k(w), f, s.

Tones

1	high	á
2	mid	à
3	low	a
4	rising	ǎ
5	falling	â

Text example
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