Tlingit Alphabet
Adapted from a document prepared by Dzéiwsh, James Crippen, for the TTC-UBC Partnership These are the symbol and symbol combinations used to represent the phonemes of Tlingit in the Revised Popular Orthography. Phonemes that have restricted use are indicated in brackets. Consonants front of mouth ...... back of mouth
labial alveolar post-alveolar lateral palatal velar labial velar uvular labial uvular glottal labial glottal unaspirated plosives (stops) (b) d g gw g̱ gw̱
aspirated plosives (stops) (p) t k kw ḵ ḵw
ejective plosives (stops) tʼ kʼ kʼw ḵʼ ḵʼw . (.w)
nasals m n
plain fricatives s sh l x xw x̱ x̱w h (hw)
ejective fricatives sʼ lʼ xʼ xʼw x̱ʼ x̱ʼw
unaspirated affricates dz j dl
aspirated affricates ts ch tl
ejective affricates tsʼ chʼ tlʼ
approximants ḻ y ÿ w
Vowels Vowels • Nasalized vowels are written with a nasalization hook short long under the vowel, as for example ę. front central back front central back • Low tone vowels are unmarked, as for example a, aa. • High tone vowels are written with an acute accent over close i u ee oo the first vowel letter, as for exampleá, áa. mid e o̱ ei o̱ o • The addition of symbols for nasalized y and nasalized is under discussion. w open a aa • Preceding or following a uvular consonant /uː/ is [oː], written as
2018-2021 Tlingit Alphabet
Adapted from a document prepared by Dzéiwsh, James Crippen, for the TTC-UBC Partnership These are the symbol and symbol combinations used to represent the phonemes of Tlingit in the Revised Popular Orthography. Phonemes that have restricted use are indicated in brackets. Consonants front of mouth ...... back of mouth
labial alveolar post-alveolarlateral palatal velar labial velar uvular labial uvular glottal labial glottal unaspirated plosives (stops) (b), /p/ d, /t/ g, /k/ gw, /kʷ/ g̱, /q/ g̱w, /qʷ/ aspirated plosives (stops) (p), /pʰ/ t, /tʰ/ k, /kʰ/ kw, /kʰʷ/ ḵ, /qʰ/ ḵw, /qʰʷ/ ejective plosives (stops) tʼ, /tʼ/ kʼ, /kʼ/ kʼw, /kʼʷ/ ḵʼ, /qʼ/ ḵʼw, /qʼʷ/ . , /ʔ/ (.w), /ʔʷ/ nasals m, /m/ n, /n/ plain fricatives s, /s/ sh, /ʃ/ l, /ɬ/ x, /x/ xw, /xʷ/ x̱, /χ/ x̱w, /χʷ/ h, /h/ (hw), /hʷ/ ejective fricatives sʼ, /sʼ/ lʼ, /ɬʼ/ xʼ, /xʼ/ xʼw, /xʼʷ/ x̱ʼ, /χʼ/ x̱ʼw, /χʼʷ/ unaspirated affricates dz, /ts/ j, /tʃ/ dl, /tɬ/ aspirated affricates ts, /tsʰ/ ch, /tʃʰ/ tl, /tɬʰ/ ejective affricates tsʼ, /tsʼ/ chʼ, /tʃʼ/ tlʼ, /tɬʼ/ approximants ḻ, /l/ y, /j/ ÿ, /ɰ/ w, /w/ Vowels Vowels • Nasalized vowels may be written with a nasalization hook under long the vowel, as for example ę. short • High tone vowels are written with an acute accent over the front central back front central back first vowel letter, as for example á, áa. close • Low tone vowels are unmarked, as for example a, aa. i, /i/ u, /u/ ee, /iː/ oo, /uː/ • The addition of symbols for nasalized y and nasalized w is under discussion. mid • Preceding or following a uvular consonant /uː/ is [oː], which may be written e, /e/ o̱, [o] ei, /eː/ o̱o, [oː] as