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Below is the complete Dakelh Syllabarium, using only characters defined by Unicode. As this is a Unicode-only version, some of the characters may not display properly. 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 ᑐᗸ (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.

 

Initial Nucleus Final
a u e i o oo
Ø  
h
b
kh
gh
w  
wh  
d  
t
t’  
g
k
k’
n
ng            
m
y  
j  
ch’  
l
dl  
lh
tl  
tl’  
z
           
dz  
s
            ᐊ
sh
ch  
ts  
ts’  
           
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