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ORTHOGRAPHY

Haida words are spelled phonetically throughout the text. Although there are several works on the Haida language (see Levine 1973 and Lawrence 1977 for works written for a general audience), there is no standard orthography for Haida. Vowels and consonants not listed are pronounced the same as their English equivalents. Haida place names are Anglicized to conform to current map usage.

aas in father
aeas in at
Eas in let
eas in late
ias in beet
ɨas in it
əas in accompany
ayas in light
uas in tune
Uas in put
oas in oat
łunvoiced 1, made by placing the tongue in the 1 position and blowing air out laterally
zas in dogs
cas in church
xas in the German ich (“I”)
qmade like k only farther back in the throat
?glottal stop; the sound or “pause” that occurs in “oh oh”
all sounds followed by an apostrophe are made with a constricted glottis
؟a sound produced by constriction of the pharyngeal cavity; similar to the sound one makes when blowing on eyeglasses prior to cleaning them

DURING MY TIME

Florence Edenshaw Davidson

A HAIDA WOMAN

During My Time

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