Tyap/Alphabet

Zwunzwuo a̱lyem Tyap ※ Tyap alphabet

The Tyap alphabet (Zwunzwuo A̱lyem Tyap ji) formerly had 39 letters, as drafted by the Tyap Literacy Committee (TLC) during the early 1990s:


 * Tyap alphabet: previous basic before 2018

Capital Letters

A	A̱	B	CH	CHY	D	E	F	G	GB	GH	GHW	GHY	H	I	I̱	J	JHY	K	KH	KP	L	M	N	NG	NY	O	P	R	S	SH	SHY	T	TS	U	V	W	Y	Z

Small letters

a	a̱	b	ch	chy	d	e	f	g	gb	gh	ghw	ghy	h	i	i̱	j	jhy	k	kh	kp	l	m	n	ng	ny	o	p	r	s	sh	shy	t	ts	u	v	w	y	z

Phonetic value

a	ə	b	t͡ʃ	t͡ʃʲ	d	e	f	g	g͡b	ɣ	ɣʷ	ɣʲ	h	i	ɪ	d͡ʒ	ʒʲ	k	x	k͡p	l	m	n	ŋ	ɲ	o	p	r	s	ʃ	ʃʲ	t	t͡s	u	v	w	j	d͡z

However, a current development as of 2018, has the Tyap Basic Alphabetical Chart reduced to 24, as follows:

Capital Letters Small letters The letter "ch" would henceforth be represented by the symbol "c", without the "h". All others remain the same.
 * Tyap alphabet: new basic

Phonetic value Pronounce outrightly as :


 * Some Tyap words associated with the alphabet

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