Chickasaw Syllabary | English Sounds (Approximation) |
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Ꭰ (a) | ah (as in "father") |
Ꭱ (e) | eh (as in "bed") |
Ꭲ (i) | ee (as in "see") |
Ꭳ (o) | oh (as in "go") |
Ꭴ (u) | oo (as in "food") |
Ꭵ (v) | v (as in "very") |
Ꭶ (ga) | ga (as in "garden") |
Ꭷ (ka) | ka (as in "cat") |
Ꭸ (ge) | ge (as in "get") |
Ꭹ (gi) | gi (as in "give") |
Ꭺ (go) | go (as in "goat") |
Ꭻ (gu) | gu (as in "guitar") |
Ꭼ (gv) | gv (as in "give") |
Ꭽ (ha) | ha (as in "hat") |
Ꭾ (he) | he (as in "he") |
Ꭿ (hi) | hi (as in "hi") |
Ꮀ (ho) | ho (as in "hot") |
Ꮁ (hu) | hu (as in "huge") |
Ꮂ (hv) | hv (as in "have") |
Ꮃ (la) | la (as in "laugh") |
Ꮄ (le) | le (as in "let") |
Ꮅ (li) | li (as in "lip") |
Ꮆ (lo) | lo (as in "low") |
Ꮇ (lu) | lu (as in "blue") |
Ꮈ (lv) | lv (as in "love") |
Ꮉ (ma) | ma (as in "mom") |
Ꮊ (me) | me (as in "met") |
Ꮋ (mi) | mi (as in "mix") |
Ꮌ (mo) | mo (as in "mop") |
Ꮍ (mu) | mu (as in "mule") |
Ꮎ (na) | na (as in "nag") |
Ꮏ (hna) | hna (as in "knack") |
Ꮐ (nah) | nah (as in "gnaw") |
Ꮑ (ne) | ne (as in "net") |
Ꮒ (ni) | ni (as in "nibble") |
Ꮓ (no) | no (as in "no") |
Ꮔ (nu) | nu (as in "new") |
Ꮕ (nv) | nv (as in "never") |
Ꮖ (qua) | qua (as in "quack") |
Ꮗ (que) | que (as in "question") |
Ꮘ (qui) | qui (as in "quick") |
Ꮙ (quo) | quo (as in "quote") |
Ꮚ (quu) | quu (as in "quorum") |
Ꮛ (quv) | quv (as in "quiver") |
Ꮜ (sa) | sa (as in "sat") |
Ꮝ (s) | s (as in "sun") |
Ꮞ (se) | se (as in "set") |
Ꮟ (si) | si (as in "sit") |
Ꮠ (so) | so (as in "so") |
Ꮡ (su) | su (as in "suit") |
Ꮢ (sv) | sv (as in "save") |
Ꮣ (da) | da (as in "dad") |
Ꮤ (ta) | ta (as in "tap") |
Ꮥ (de) | de (as in "desk") |
Ꮦ (te) | te (as in "ten") |
Ꮧ (di) | di (as in "did") |
Ꮨ (do) | do (as in "doe") |
Ꮩ (du) | du (as in "duck") |
Ꮪ (dv) | dv (as in "dove") |
Ꮫ (dla) | dla (as in "dull") |
Ꮬ (tle) | tle (as in "tall") |
Ꮭ (tli) | tli (as in "atlas") |
Ꮮ (tlo) | tlo (as in "told") |
Ꮯ (tlu) | tlu (as in "tool") |
Ꮰ (tlv) | tlv (as in "travel") |
Ꮱ (tsa) | tsa (as in "tsar") |
Ꮲ (tse) | tse (as in "tsetse") |
Ꮳ (tsi) | tsi (as in "tsip") |
Ꮴ (tso) | tso (as in "tsunami") |
Ꮵ (tsu) | tsu (as in "tsunami") |
Ꮶ (tsv) | tsv (as in "tsunami") |
Ꮷ (wa) | wa (as in "watch") |
Ꮸ (we) | we (as in "west") |
Ꮹ (wi) | wi (as in "win") |
Ꮺ (wo) | wo (as in "wok") |
Ꮻ (wu) | wu (as in "wound") |
Ꮼ (wv) | wv (as in "wave") |
Ꮽ (ya) | ya (as in "yak") |
Ꮾ (ye) | ye (as in "yes") |
Ꮿ (yi) | yi (as in "yield") |
Ᏸ (yo) | yo (as in "yoga") |
Ᏹ (yu) | yu (as in "yule") |
Ᏺ (yv) | yv (as in "yoga") |