ʔAYʔAǰUΘƏM? YOU GOT THIS

RANDOLPH TIMOTHY JR.

Use the orthography below to write in how to pronounce each letter.

ƛiʔčos

Spring

ƛiʔčos ƛəpxʷ

Spring Break

saɬtxʷ

Woman

ƛasəm saɬtxʷ

Strong Woman

θat̓ᶿəm

Spring Salmon

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:

ƛ = tl

ʔ = glottal stop: uh oh

č = ch

ə = uh

xʷ = Hhhhw

ɬ = Breathy L sound

θ = th

t̓ᶿ = Popping t-th