User:Ndołkah
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Western Apache uses a modified version of the Latin alphabet:
Letters ʼ – Ł | ʼ | A | B | Ch | Chʼ | D | Dl | Dz | E | G | Gh | H | I | J | K | Kʼ | L | Ł |
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IPA equivalent | ʔ | a | p | tʃʰ | tʃʔ | t | tɬ | ts | ɛ | k | ɣ | x | ɪ | dʒ | kʰ | kʔ | l | ɬ |
Written | oʼiʼán | acha | bésh | chizh | chʼah | dǫ́ʼ | dlǫ́ʼ | dził | eʼilzaa | gaagé | ighál | hashbidí | izee | jaasíláhá | kee | kʼaa | iloh | łóg |
IPA pronunciation | oʔɪʔán | atʃʔa | pɛ́ʃ | tʃʰɪʒ | tʃʔax | tṍʔ | tlṍʔ | tsɪɬ | ɛʔɪlzaː | kaːkɛ́ | ɪɣál | xaʃpɪtɪ́ | ɪzɛː | dʒaːsɪ́láxá | kʰɛː | kʔaː | ɪlox | ɬók |
Meaning | hole | ax | knife | wood | hat | fly | bird | mountain | picture | crow | bells | quail | medicine | earings | shoe | bullets | thread | fish |
Letters M – Zh | M | N | O | P | S | Sh | T | Tʼ | Tł | Tłʼ | Ts | Tsʼ | U | W | Y | Z | Zh | |
IPA equivalent | m | n | o | pʰ | s | ʃ | tʰ | tʔ | tɬʰ | tɬʔ | tsʰ | tsʔ | u | w | j | z | ʒ | |
Written | mbá | nadą́ʼ | oyeeł | piishi | silaada | shash | tús | itʼoh | tłád / ikʼah | tłʼoh | tséé | tsʼaał | tú | iwoo | yoo | zas | zhaali | |
IPA pronunciation | mpá | natã́ | ojɛːɬ | pʰɪːʃɪ | sɪlaːta | ʃaʃ | tʰús | ɪtʰʔox | tɬʰát / ɪkʰʔax | tɬʔox | tsʰɛ́ː | tsʼaːɬ | tʰú | ɪwoː | joː | zas | ʒaːlɪ | |
Meaning | coyote | corn | carry | swallow | soldier | bear | jug | nest | oil | plants | rock | cradleboard | water | teeth | beads | snow | money | |
Characters | aa | ą | á | ą́ | ąą | é | ę | ę́ | ęę | í | į | į́ | įį | ó | ǫ | ǫǫ | ǫ́ | ú |
IPA equivalent | aː | ã | á | ã́ | ãː | ɛ́ | ɛ̃ | ɛ̃́ | ɛ̃ː | ɪ́ | ɪ̃ | ɪ̃́ | ɪ̃ː | ó | õ | õː | ṍ | ú |