Appendix:Choctaw orthography

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transcription
CBTC[1] Mississippi Traditional Byington/Swanton
Vowels
a a
i i
o o
Long
aa á á, ā a
ii í í, ī i, e
oo ó ó, ō o
Nasal
ãː a ą a
am, an
aⁿ
am, an
ĩː i į i
im, in
iⁿ
im, in
õː o ǫ o
om, on
u
um, un
oⁿ
om, on
uⁿ
um, un
Lax
ə a ʋ[2]
ɪ i
ʊ o u
Consonants
b b
ch č ch
f f
h h
k k
l l
ɬ lh ł hl, lh [3] ł, lh [4]
m m
n n
p p
s s
ʃ sh š sh
t t
w w
j y
ʔ '
  1. ^ Choctaw Bible Translation Committee
  2. ^ Substituted with 'v' depending on typesetting/encoding constraints.
  3. ^ The former is used before a vowel; the latter, before a consonant. The intervocalic use of <hl> conflated the common consonant cluster /hl/ with /ɬ/.
  4. ^ Dictionary editors John Swanton and Henry Halbert systematically replaced all instances of <hl> with <ł>, regardless whether <hl> stood for /ɬ/ or /hl/. Despite the editors' systematic replacement of all <hl> with <ł>, the digraph <lh> was allowed to stand.