Writing Dinka
Dinka is written with a Latin-based alphabet. There have been variants since the early 20th century, but the current alphabet is: a ä b c d dh e ë ɛ ɛ̈ g ɣ i ï j k l m n nh ny ŋ t th u w o ö ɔ ɔ̈ p r y
However, some of the above letters can be written in other ways (or other letters can be used in their places) but the letters/special characters used are still being pronounced as the original letters that they represent. These are:
| Original Letter | other ways to write it |
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ė ("e" with a dot on top.) |
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h, x, q |
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ng |
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ȯ ("O" with a dot on top.) |
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