Alphabet and Pronunciation
The Nahha alphabet is chiefly phonetic, although some sounds change a little when placed in conjunction with other letters. The following table illustrates the structure of their alphabet and how the letters are pronounced.
Anglicized alphabet: I E A O U ~ Y H HH K G SH S Z TS T CH JH J D L N R F V P B M (28 letters)
Matching Characters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVYZ Substitutes: ~=UR, Q=HH, W=CH, X=SH, $=JH
Closest English Equivalent
I
E
A
O
U
~
Y
H
HH
K
G
SH
S
Z
TS
T
CH
JH
J
D
L
N
R
F
V
P
B
M
Name
EE
EH
AH
OH
OO
UR
YOH
HOH
HHOH
KOH
GOH
SHOH
SOH
ZOH
TSOH
TOH
CHOH
JHOH
JOH
DOH
LOH
NOH
ROH
FOH
VOH
POH
BOH
MOH
Pronounced
EE
EH
AH
OH
OO
UR
Y (as in 'Yes')
H
K (soft - as in loch)
K
G (as in 'go')
SH
S
Z
TS
T
CH
JH
J
D
L
N
RR
F
V
P
B
M
Letter
i
e
a
o
u
~
y
h
q
k
g
x
s
z
c
t
w
$
j
d
l
n
r
f
v
p
b
m
Family
v
v
v
v
v
v
G
G
G
G
G
Z
Z
Z
T
T
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
V
V
M
M
M
Glyph
