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Grapheme Data for Mattokki written with Coptic script

Source: Jaeger, Marcus and Kamal Hissein. 2012 Aspects of Kenzi-Dongolawi Phonology Related to Orthography. In: Muhammad J. Hashim and Abdel Rahim Hamid Mugaddam. eds. Unity and Diversity of Nubian Languages. Toward a Standardized Writing System of Nubian Languages. Cape Town: CASAS.

Also available for Latin script.

Grapheme USV Phoneme Status Example Notes
<ϣ> 03E3 /ʃ/ expected
<ϩ> 03E9 /h/ expected
<ϭ> 03ED /tʃ/ expected
<ⲁ◌̄> 2C81 0304 /aː/ expected
<ⲁ> 2C81 /a/ expected
<ⲃ> 2C83 /b/ expected
<ⲅ> 2C85 /g/ expected
<ⲇ> 2C87 /d/ expected
<ⲉ◌̄> 2C89 0304 /ɛː/ expected
<ⲉ> 2C89 /ɛ/ expected
<ⲍ> 2C8D /z/ uncommon Loan words only
<ⲏ> 2C8F /i/ obsolete Obsolete for /ɛː/ or /i/
<ⲏ> 2C8F /ɛ/ obsolete Obsolete for /ɛː/ or /i/
<ⲓ◌̄> 2C93 0304 /iː/ expected
<ⲓ◌̈> 2C93 0308 /j/ expected
<ⲓ> 2C93 /i/ expected
<ⲕ> 2C95 /k/ expected
<ⲗ> 2C97 /l/ expected
<ⲙ> 2C99 /m/ expected
<ⲛ> 2C9B /n/ expected
<ⲝ> 2C9D /s/ obsolete Obsolete
<ⲟ◌̄> 2C9F 0304 /ɔː/
<ⲟ◌̅ⲩ◌̅> 2C9F 0305 2CA9 0305 /uː/ expected
<ⲟⲩ> 2C9F 2CA9 /w/ expected
<ⲟⲩ> 2C9F 2CA9 /u/ expected
<ⲟ> 2C9F /ɔ/ expected
<ⲣ> 2CA3 /ɾ/ expected
<ⲥ> 2CA5 /s/ expected
<ⲧ> 2CA7 /t/ expected
<ⲩ> 2CA9 /u/ unclear Possible alternative to ‹ⲟⲩ› for /u/
<ⲫ> 2CAB /f/ expected
<ⲱ> 2CB1 /w/ uncommon ⲟⲩⲱⲱⲓ Used when /w/ occurs next to /u/
<ⳝ> 2CDD /dʒ/ expected
<ⳡ> 2CE1 /ɲ/ expected
<ⳣ> 2CE3 /w/ obsolete Obsolete; used when /w/ occurs next to /u/