Dinka alphabet
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The Dinka alphabet as used by the Sudanese Dinka people writing the Dinka language is based upon the Latin alphabet, adding some letters adapted from the International Phonetic Alphabet:
Dinka alphabet
| Uppercase |
A |
Ä |
B |
C |
D |
Dh |
E |
Ë |
Ɛ |
Ɛ̈ |
G |
Ɣ |
I |
Ï |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
Nh |
Ny |
Ŋ |
O |
Ö |
Ɔ |
Ɔ̈ |
P |
R |
T |
Th |
U |
W |
Y |
| Lowercase |
a |
ä |
b |
c |
d |
dh |
e |
ë |
ɛ |
ɛ̈ |
g |
ɣ |
i |
ï |
j |
k |
l |
m |
n |
nh |
ny |
ŋ |
o |
ö |
ɔ |
ɔ̈ |
p |
r |
t |
th |
u |
w |
y |
As you can see, Dinka does not use f, j, q, s, v, x, and z; and h is used in digraphs only.
Dinka special letters and digraphs
| Uppercase |
Ä |
Dh |
Ë |
Ɛ |
Ɛ̈ |
Ɣ |
Ï |
Nh |
Ny |
Ŋ |
Ö |
Ɔ |
Ɔ̈ |
Th |
| Lowercase |
ä |
dh |
ë |
ɛ |
ɛ̈ |
ɣ |
ï |
nh |
ny |
ŋ |
ö |
ɔ |
ɔ̈ |
th |
| Alternatives |
a |
d͏h |
e |
é, e |
é, e |
gh, q |
i |
n͏h |
n͏y |
ng |
o |
ó, o |
ó, o |
t͏h |
| Unicode (hexadecimal) |
C4 E4 |
|
CB EB |
190 25B |
190+308 25B+308 |
194 263 |
CF EF |
|
|
14A 14B |
D6 F6 |
186 254 |
186+308 254+308 |
|
Note that ɛ̈ (open e with trema) and ɔ̈ (open o with trema) do not exist as precomposed characters in Unicode and must therefore be generated using U+0308, the diaeresis combining diacritic.
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