Comparison Table
The table below gives side-by-side comparisons of the three major orthographies (e-mail, American, and Canadian) along with their IPA equivalents. Note that certain unaspirated consonants are pronounced as voiced by some younger and second language speakers, the IPA equivalents for these voiced consonants are given in parentheses. In addition, there are a few phonemes which are geographically or historically restricted in modern Tlingit. For example, Canadian speakers often make use of m where most other speakers would have w. The character usually given as ÿ has died out within the last generation of speakers, becoming one of y or w depending on position. The three major orthographies optionally allow for the representation of all of these phonemes in Tlingit writing.
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e-mail Am. Can. IPA a a a ʌ á á á ʌ́ aa aa à a áa áa â á ch ch ch tʃʰ (tʃ) ch' ch' ch' tʃʼ d d d t (d) dl dl dł tɬ (dl) dz dz dz ts (dz) e e e ɛ é é é ɛ́ ee ee ì i ée ée î í ei ei è e éi éi ê é g g g k (ɡ) gw gw gw kʷ (ɡʷ) gh g̲ gh q (ɢ) ghw g̲w ghw qʷ (ɢʷ) h h h h i i i ɪ í í í ɪ́ j j j tʃ (dʒ) k k k kʰ kw kw kw kʷʰ k' k' k' kʼ k'w k'w k'w kʷʼ kh k̲ kh qʰ khw k̲w khw qʷʰ kh' k̲' kh' qʼ kh'w k̲'w kh'w qʷʼ l l ł ɬ l' l' ł' ɬʼ (ll) (l̲) l l (m) (m) m m n n n n (o) (o) (o) o oo oo ù u óo óo û ú s s s s s' s' s' sʼ sh sh sh ʃ t t t tʰ t' t' t' tʼ tl tl tl tɬʰ tl' tl' tl' tɬʼ ts ts ts tsʰ ts' ts' ts' tsʼ u u u ʊ ú ú ú ʊ́ w w w w x x x x xw xw xw xʷ x' x' x' xʼ x'w x'w x'w xʷʼ xh x̲ xh χ xhw x̲w xhw χʷ xh' x̲' xh' χʼ xh'w x̲'w xh'w χʷʼ y y y j (ÿ) (ÿ/y̲) (ÿ) ɰ . . . ʔ
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