Dulkw’ahke – Carrier Syllabics

Below is the complete Dakelh Syllabarium. I have used Morice's original material when it was different from the Yinka Dene syllabics chart. These differences are in the direction of certain glyphs, (ᘖ, ᘔ, ᘝ, ᘜ, ᘷ, ᘸ, ᘪ, ᘫ, ᘬ, ᘨ) and in the alphabetical order. In the native language, the term ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ (Dulkw’ahke) means toad feet. An extremely comprehensive description of this orthography is given in Poser 2003, I strongly suggest reading that .pdf file for details.

Please note that the following characters may not display properly, as they have not been included in Unicode: The syllabics versions of /s̱/ and /’/. Also, Unicode places all finals at the top-line, where the Dakelh texts I’ve seen typically place them mid-line. Without a Languagegeek font, these characters may not display properly.

ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

Initial Nucleus Final
a u e i o oo
Ø  
h ᐊᑋ
b ᐊᗮ
kh ᐊᐥ
gh ᐊᐦ
w  
wh  
d  
t ᐊᐪ
t’  
g ᐊᐟ
k ᐊᐠ
k’ ᐊᘁ
n ᐊᐣ
ng             ᐊᐡ
m ᐊᒼ
y  
j  
ch’  
l ᐊᑊ
dl  
lh ᐊᒡ
tl  
tl’  
z ᐊᙆ
            ᐊᙇ
dz  
s ᐊᔆ
            ᐊᣵ
sh ᐊᙚ
ch  
ts  
ts’  
            ᐊᣟ
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