Nahuatl Syllabics (ᓇᐜᐤᐊᕦᐦᑐᐜᓫᓕ)

Nahuatl Syllabics is a way to write Nahuatl with Inuktitut syllabics devised by Alexander R. He got the inspiration after watching a video about Inuktitut, and seeing a comment of a Nahuatl speaker from Mexico who liked the script and wished for her language to be written in it.

Nahuatl Syllabics

Notes

If the double L (ll) is pronounced like one L, as is the case with the word cuilla, it can be written ᕹᓕ (cua-li, with one l) or ᕹᓫᓕ (cua-l-li). Alexander prefers the latter.
The base letters are pronounced the same way they're pronounced in Inuktitut or Cree, but letters like Tl and Ch were selected to they look like modified versions of T and Ts respectively

Download an alphabet chart for Nahuatl Syllabics (Excel)

Sample text

ᓄᖋ ᕦᑲᒣᐞ ᐃᐤᐊᐣ ᓯᐤᐊᒣᐞ ᑭᐱᐊᐞ ᒪᓄᐞ ᕹᓫᓕ ᕦᑲᑎᓭᐞ, ᓄᖋ ᓴᐣ ᓭ ᑐᕦᑌᙆᐳᐤᐃᓫᑎᓕᐢ ᐃᐤᐊᐣ ᑎᕦᑌᐸᓂᑕᓗᐞᑫᐞ, ᔦᑲ ᒧᓀᑭ ᕹᓫᓕ ᒪ ᑎᒧᐤᐃᑲᑲᐞ, ᒪ ᑎᒧᐃᐠᓀᓕᑲᐞ, ᒪ ᑎᒧᕦᓱᐞᕦᑲᐞ ᐃᐤᐊᐣ ᒪ ᑎᒧᕞᐸᓂᑕᑲᐞ.

Transliteration

Nochi tlacameh ihuan cihuameh quipiah manoh cualli tlacaticeh, nochi zan ze totlatechpohuiltiliz ihuan titlatepanitalohqueh, yeca monequi cualli ma timohuicacah, ma timoicnelicah, ma timotlazohtlacah ihuan ma timotlepanitacah.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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