Encoding scheme for New Akha
 2007 Ian James

Type consonant, vowel then tone: 'a_ka_

!    back /i/
$    low-tone syllabic /m/
&    final /-m/
'    precedes initial vowel (glottal plosive)
(    open square bracket
)    close square bracket
*    asterisk
,    double dot (comma)
-    middle-tone joiner
.    circled dot (period)
0    Burmese/Thai-style 0
1    Burmese/Thai-style 1
2    Burmese-style 2
3    Burmese-style 3
4    Burmese-style 4
5    Burmese-style 5
6    Burmese-style 6
7    Burmese-style 7
8    Burmese-style 8
9    Burmese-style 9
:    colon bar
<    proper noun prefix
=    bridging vowel-holder

@    rounded vowel /oe/
A    nasal /a/
D    /dz/
E    open /e/
H    aspirate-devoice dot for consonants, eg. /d/+H = /th/; not necessary this version
I    /ai/
J    palatizer stroke for use with /b,m,n,p/, eg. /b/+J = /bj/
M    /am/
N    /ng/
O    close /o/
S    /s/
T    /ts/
U    /au/
W    high-tone syllabic /m/
Y    rounded vowel /y/
]    creaky-tone arch
^    high-tone joiner
_    low-tone joiner

a    open /a/
b    /b/
c    aspirated palatal /ch/
d    /d/
e    close /e/
g    /g/
h    /h/
i    /i/
j    voiced palatal plosive
k    /kh/
l    /l/
m    /m/
n    /n/
o    open /o/
p    /ph/
q    unvoiced velar/uvular fricative
r    voiced velar/uvular fricative
s    /s/
t    /th/
u    /u/
w    unrounded /u/
y    semivowel /j/
z    /z/

130    Thai-style 2
131    Thai-style 3
132    Thai-style 4
133    Thai-style 5
134    Thai-style 6
135    Thai-style 7
136    Thai-style 8
137    Thai-style 9

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Conversion

1st column: Baptist method
2nd column: New Akha method

b    b
by   bJ
ts   T
c    c
d    d
dz   D
g    g
h    h
g'   r
j    j
k    k
l    l
m    m
my   mJ
n    n
ng   N
ny   nJ
p    p
py   pJ
s    s
sh   S
t    t
k'   q
y    y
z    z
w    (use initial /u/)
-    =
    
a    a
ah   A
aw   o
e    e
eh   E
eu   w
i    i
m    &,$,W    (use appropriate form)
o    O
oe   @
oi   Y
u    u
ui   !
am   M

(no mark)    '    (holds initial vowel)

(no mark)    -    (middle tone)
high-vee     ^    (high tone)
low-vee      _    (low tone)
low-hat      -]   (mid creaky tone)
high-hat     _]   (low creaky tone)

