Tuna Saanich

Introduction

Tuna Saanich is intended to parody Saanich - it is a Salish-esque language using currency symbols for letters.

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Palatal	Prevelar		Post-velar		Glottal
				central	lateral			plain	rounded	plain	rounded
Nasal		₥ /m/		₦ /n/
Stop	plain	฿ /p~b/		₫ /t~d/					​₵ /k̟ʷ/	₭ /k̠/	₲ /k̠ʷ/	₴ /ʔ/
	ejective	₱ /pʼ/							₡ /k̟ʷʼ/	Ҝ /k̠ʼ/	Ғ /k̠ʷʼ/
Affricate	plain			₯ /ts/		¢ /tʃ/
	glottalized			₧ /tsʼ/	​₮ /tɬʼ/	৳/ tʃʼ/
Fricative		​₰ /f/	$ /s̪/	zł /zʷ/	₤ /ɬ/	₪ /ʃ/				X̱ /x̠/		Ħ /h/
Approximant				₨ /r/	£ /l/		¥ /j/		₩ /w/

Orthography

• ₳ = /a/
• ฿ = /p/
• ​₫ = /t/
• ₯ = /ts/
• € = /i/
• ¢ = /tʃ/
• ₵ = /q/
• ​₡ = /kʷ/
• ₲ = /qʷ/
• ​₣ = /w/
• ₰ = /f/
• ₴ = /ʔ/
• Ħ = /h/
• ₭ = /x/
• £ = /l/
• ₤ = /ɬ/
• ℳ = /m/
• ₦ = /n/
• ¤ = /ə/
• ₱ = /pʼ/
• ₧ = /r/
• $ = /s̪/
• ₪ = /ʃ/
• ৳ = /tʃʼ/
• ​₮ = /tɬʼ/
• Ʉ = /u/
• ₩ = /w/
• X̱ = /χ/
• ¥ = /j/
• zł = /χʷ/