User:TheSilverWolf98/Tungusic Orthography Proposal

This is a page detailing my proposal for a Wiktionary-wide orthography for the Tungusic languages, to replace the inconsistent Cyrillic transcription system currently in place.

Vowels

• ɔ, ɔː = o, oo
• ʊ, ʊː = ü, üü
• ɪ, ɪː = ï, ïï
• a, aː = a, aa
• u, uː = u, uu
• i, iː = i, ii
• ə, əː = ä, ää
• o, oː = ö, öö

Consonants

• t͡ʃ ~ t͡ɕ = č
• d͡ʒ ~ d͡ʑ = ž
• ʃ ~ ɕ = š
• ɣ = ǧ
• ɲ = ň
• ŋ = ŋ
• j = y
• k ~ q ~ kʷ = k
• x ~ χ ~ h= x
• dʷ = d
• nʷ = n
• ħ = h

Examples

• Ulch bɔːnɔ = boono "hail (weather)"
• Ulch tɔŋdɔ = toŋdo "straight ahead"
• Ulch kɔːrɔt͡ʃʊvʊ = kooročüvü "to regret"
• Ulch gɔrɔ = goro "far"
• Ulch tɔtɔŋgɔ = totoŋgo "multi-coloured"
• Ulch d͡ʒɔgbɔlɔvʊ = žogbolovü "to pick, stab"
• Ulch ɔjɪlavʊ = oyïlavü "leggings"
• Ulch kɔːvʊlavʊ = koovülavü "to raise a mast"
• Ulch mʊrɪ = mürï "horse"
• Ulch baːpʊ = baapü "pack, bunch"
• Ulch vɔlmɪ = volmï "long"
• Ulch bʊqta = bükta "fragment"
• Ulch buːli = buuli "lamp, wick"
• Ulch sɪlt͡ʃʊ = sïlčü "sack for tinder"
• Oroqen dʷoː = döö "mince"
• Oroqen kʷoːrgə = köörgä "bridge"
• Oroqen nʷɔːdaː = noodaa "to throw"
• Oroqen kʷɔːkan = kookan "child"
• Oroqen kuːmə = kuumä "windpipe"
• Oroqen gʊgda = gügda "high"
• Oroqen tʊːra = tüüra "to read"
• Oroqen sukə = sukä "axe"
• Oroqen sɔkɔ = soko "to fill"
• Oroqen sarbʊ = sarbü "chopsticks"
• Oroqen aɕi = aši "now"
• Oroqen bəjun = bäyun "moose"
• Oroqen d͡ʑaːka = žaaka "thing"
• Oroqen irgi = irgi "tail"
• Oroqen kuwun = kuwun "cotton"
• Oroqen ʊrʊːn = ürüün "hoof"
• Oroqen t͡ɕoŋko = čöŋkö "window"
• Oroqen ɔlɔ = olo "fish"
• Oroqen nəkin = näkin "to sweat"
• Oroqen ulin = ulin "betrothal gift"
• Oroqen tari = tari "that"
• Oroqen mʊrin = mürin "horse"
• Oroqen oːrin = öörin "all"
• Oroqen ɔː = oo "to do"
• Oroqen uː = uu "to blow"
• Oroqen ʊːn = üün "to saw"