ʔAYʔAǰUΘƏM? YOU GOT THIS

RANDOLPH TIMOTHY SR.

Use the orthography below to write in how to pronounce each letter. Also see Dr. Elsie Paul’s more precise descriptions at bit.ly/3cc8iU4.

no hom

A Gathering with Friends and Community

ʔɛ ʔa məš

Hunting

k̓ʷu k̓ʷu yu kʷum

Fishing

t́a t́a lo mos

Mask

say say sna mot

Pretending to be scary

ʔayʔaǰuθəm orthography

ɬəʔamɛn | k̓ómoks | χʷɛmaɬkʷu | & ƛohos

This orthography is based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). This 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 the list of words above:

ʔ = glottal stop: uh oh

ɛ = eh

ə = uh

š = sh

k̓ʷ = rounded, popping k

kʷ = kw

t́ = popping t