ʔAYʔAǰUΘƏM? YOU GOT THIS

RANDOLPH TIMOTHY JR.

Use the orthography below to write on a spare piece of paper how to pronounce each letter. Also see Dr. Elsie Paul’s more precise descriptions at bit.ly/3cc8iU4.

gənaχʷ

meaning: True / Truth

hoθošt ʔakʷ ʔi

meaning: Moving Forward in life

šcɛt

meaning: Right Now

hɛ how šɩn

meaning: Moving Forward

Hoš tʊm qaθɛt

meaning: We will all go Together

ʔayʔaǰuθəm orthography

ɬəʔamɛn | k̓ómoks | χʷɛmaɬkʷu | & ƛohos

This orthography is based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). This partial guide offers a simplified version of the sounds; for an authentic accent, listen at firstvoices.com. Most letters you’ll see in ʔayʔaǰuθəm are familiar. Pronounce them as you normally would, with the exception of the vowels and “y,” which are always pronounced: Vowels a = ah e = ay as in May i = ee o = oh u = oo y = y as in yell

Other letters present in list of words above:

ə = uh

χʷ = wh (like in who)

θ = th

š = sh

ʔ= glottal stop: uh oh

kʷ= kw

ɛ= eh

ɩ= ih

ʊ= oo as in look