Zuni Language - Orthography

Orthography

There are 18 letters in the Zuni alphabet.

A /a/, B, D, CH, E /e/, H, I /i/, K, L, Ł, M, N, O /o/, P, S, T, U /ʊ/, W, Y

• c is not part of the alphabet, although the combination ch is. There are also other two letter combination sounds (like sh).
• c, r, g, v, z, x, q, f, and j are not used to write Zuni, except for the occasional borrowed word.
• it includes Ł, ł indicates IPA /ɬ/ (pronounced like h and l together)
• : is used to indicate long vowels where it follows the vowel
• ’ indicates IPA /ʔ/ (a glottal stop) – it is written medially and finally but not word-initially

This orthography was largely worked out by Curtis Cook.