Potawatomi Orthography Chart
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The content of this page was developed from the research of
Dr. Laura Buszard-Welcher.
Introduction
The writing system used here was developed in the 1970s by a team of native speakers and experts in linguistics and second language acquisition at the Wisconsin Native American Languages Program (WNALP). It is a phonemic writing system, where each letter represents a meaningful sound, and was designed for teaching the Potawatomi Language to people who do not speak it as a first language.
Orthography chart
WNALP Orthography | IPA Phonemic Value |
A, a | /a:/ |
B, b | /b/ |
Ch, ch | /ʧ/ |
D, d | /d/ |
E, e | /ə/ |
É, é | /ɛ:/ |
G, g | /g/ |
H, h | /h/ |
I, i | /i:/ |
J, j | /ʤ/ |
K, k | /k/ |
M, m | /m/ |
N, n | /n/ |
O, o | /o:/ or /u:/ |
P, p | /p/ |
S, s | /s/ |
Sh, sh | /ʃ/ |
T, t | /t/ |
W, w | /w/ |
Y, y | /j/ |
Z, z | /z/ |
Zh, zh | /ʒ/ |
' | /ʔ/ |
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