The Yakima practical alphabet is an orthography used to write Sahaptin languages of the Pacific Northwest of North America.
History The Yakima practical alphabet is based on the Americanist phonetic notation as well as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Uses
The Yakima practical alphabet is currently used in research, language teaching, and language revitalization efforts. According to Jansen (2010), Sahaptian languages
Comparison with other orthographies + Orthography ComparisonRigsby, B. & Rude, N. (1996) Sketch of Sahaptin, a Sahaptian language. In Goddard, Ives (ed.), Languages (Handbook of North American Indians 17), 666–692. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.Hargus, S. & Beavert, V. (2014) Northwest Sahaptin. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 44 (3), 311-342.Jansen, J.W. (2020) Manuscript. IPA Yakima practical alphabet Warm Springs alphabet CTUIR technical alphabet Melville Jacob's technical alphabet a a a a a aː aa aa aa a⋅, ω⋅ t͡ʃ ch č, ch č tc t͡ʃʼ chʼ čʼ, chʼ č̓ t́c h h h h h i i i i i iː ii ii ii i⋅, ei, ɛ⋅ ə ɨ omitted ɨ ə k k k k k, ɢ kʼ kʼ kʼ k̓ ḱ kʷ kw kw kʷ kw, ɢw kʼʷ kwʼ kwʼ k̓ʷ ḱw q ḵ q q q qʼ ḵʼ qʼ q̓ q́ qʷ ḵw qw qʷ qw qʼʷ ḵwʼ qwʼ q̓ʷ q́w l l l l l ɬ ƚ, ɬ ɫ ɫ ɫ m m m m m n n n n n p p p p p, b pʼ pʼ pʼ p̓ ṕ s s s s s ʃ sh š, sh š c t t t t t, d tʼ tʼ tʼ t̓ t́, t́θ t͡ɬ tƚ, tɬ tɫ ƛ tɫ t͡ɬʼ tlʼ, tɬʼ tɫʼ ƛ̓ t́ɫ t͡s ts c c ts t͡sʼ tsʼ cʼ c̓ t́s u u u u u uː uu uu uu u⋅, ω⋅ w w w w w x x x̂ χ x χ x̱ x χ̣ x̣ xʷ xw x̂w χʷ xw χʷ x̱w xw χ̣ʷ x̣w, xᵘ j y y y y ʔ ʼ ʼ ʔ ʼ
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