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.

qoʔ may

Snow on the ground

č̓ɩč̓ χa ʔəm

Cooking

kʷi kʷi sɛw

Going into the water makes one shiver

ʔiʔ qʷa yɛ gən

Happy

ǰɛ ǰɛ

A relative

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 words listed above:

ʔ = glottal stop: uh oh

č̓ = popping c

ɩ = ih

χ = Hhhh

ə = uh

kʷ = kw

ɛ = eh

qʷ = rounded q

ǰ = dg