Wiki:dxʷləšucid alphabet

The Lushootseed alphabet has forty-six letters as follows:

• ʔ, a, b, b̓, c, c̓, č, č̓, d, dᶻ, ə, g, gʷ, h, i, ǰ, k, k̓, kʷ, k̓ʷ, l, l̓, ɫ, ƛ̓, m, m̓, n, n̓, p, p̓, q, q̓, qʷ, q̓ʷ, s, š, t, t̓, u, w, w̓, xʷ, x̌, x̌ʷ, y, y̓

The following digraphs (two-letter combinations) also have designated pronunciations:

• ay, ay̓, əy, uy

Note: Due to software limitations, it is not possible at this time to alphabetize this wiki according to the normal Lushootseed alphabetical order. It is hoped that this will change with future versions of the software. For now, a letter combined with an ejective mark and/or a superscript letter is simply considered part of that letter, so that gʷ is classified under g and q̓ʷ is classified under q. In addition, letters not part of the English alphabet are ordered after all the other letters. The specific order is:

• a, b-b̓, c-c̓, d-dᶻ, g-gʷ, h, i, k-k̓-kʷ-k̓ʷ, l-l̓, m-m̓, n-n̓, p-p̓, q-q̓-qʷ-q̓ʷ, s, t-t̓, u, w-w̓, xʷ, x̌-x̌ʷ, y-y̓, č-č̓, š, ə, ƛ̓, ǰ, ʔ, ɫ

Alphabetizing is used on pages such as category pages. Examples: Category:letters of the alphabet, Category:nouns

Font

Painter and graphic designer Juliet Shen designed a Lushootseed font, which can be downloaded from the Tulalip Lushootseed website.

External links:

• Alphabet Song by Puyallup Tribal Language, song by Zalmai ʔəswəli Zahir
• sƛ̕əladiʔ – Alphabet/Sounds on the Tulalip Lushootseed website
• Lushootseed Alphabet with Words by Zalmai Zahir
• Pronunciation of the Twulshootseed Alphabet by Puyallup Tribal Language
• Whulshootseed Alphabet on the White River Valley Museum website

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Number of times this entry has been verified against the sources, including at the time of creation: 1
In general, an entry with a higher number of verifications and sources may be considered more reliable.

sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. xii–xiv
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press