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All Orthographical information below is sourced directly from the Native Languages of the Americas website. Included are the standard characters for each alphabetical sound, as well as replacement symbols used in varying scholarly texts.

Vowels

Standard Character Also Used
a
aa aꞏ, a꞉
e
ee eꞏ, e꞉
i
ii iꞏ, i꞉
o
oo oꞏ, o꞉
u v
uu uꞏ, u꞉

Diphthongs

Standard Character Also Used
ay ai
ey ei
oy oi

Consonants

Standard Character Also Used
b
ch č
chʼ čʼ, chh, ʼch
h j
j h, x
k c, qu
cʼ, qʼu, quʼ, ʼc
ky cy
l
m
n
ñ ŋ, nh, ng
p
q k
kʼ, ʼk
s
t
ts tz, ¢
tsʼ tzʼ, ¢ʼ, ʼtz
w u, hu, v, vu
x š, sh
y
ʼ None, represents a pause sound

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List of language orthographies [edit]
Anii · Anjam · Bari · Burum · Dusun · Kanakanabu · Kashubian · Malecite-Passamaquoddy · Mocho' · Neapolitan · Piedmontese · Rotuman · Zia
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