Writing System
The Saanich orthography was created by Dave Elliott in 1978. It uses only uppercase letters, with one exception: the letter s, which marks the third person possessive suffix.
| A | Á | Ⱥ | B | C | Ć | Ȼ | D | E | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /e/ | /ej/ | /pʼ/ | /k̟/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /k̟ʷ/ | /tʼ/ | /ə/ | /h/ | |
| I | Í | J | K | Ꝁ/K̵/₭ | Ḵ | Ḱ | L | Ƚ | M |
| /i/ | /ǝj/, /ɑj/ | /t͡ʃʼ/ | /k̠ʼ/ | /k̠ʷʼ/ | /k̠/ | /k̠ʷ/ | /l/, /lʼ/ | /ɬ/ | /m/, /mʼ/ |
| N | Ṉ | O | P | Q | S | Ś | T | Ⱦ | Ṯ |
| /n/, /nʼ/ | /ŋ/, /ŋʼ/ | /ɑ/ | /p/ | /kʷʼ/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /t͡s̪ʼ/ | /tɬʼ/ |
| Ŧ | U | W | W̲ | X | X̲ | Y | Z | s | |
| /s̪/ | /ǝw/, /u/ | /w/ | /xʷ/ | /x̠/ | /x̠ʷ/ | /j/, /jʼ/ | (?) | -/s/ | |
The glottal stop /ʔ/ is not always indicated, but may be written with a comma: ,.
Plain and glottalized resonants are not distinguished.
The vowel /e/ is usually written Á, unless it occurs next to a post-velar consonant (/k̠ k̠ʷ k̠ʼ k̠ʷʼ x̠ x̠ʷ ŋ̠ ŋ̠ʷ/), where it is written A.
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