Alphabet

There are 34 letters in the Mendenkye Alphabet:

a b ch d e ɛ ə f g gb gh h i ɨ j k kp l m n ŋ o p r s sh t ts u v w y z ʼ

The Mendenkye-to-English part of the dictionary is arranged alphabetically according to the above order.  As in English, digraph letters (ch, gb, gh, kp, sh, ts) are sorted by the first letter (c, g, k, s, and t).

Currently, the community is testing literacy without marking any tone on words. This explains the lack of tone marking in this dictionary, which is still in a stage of draft.

Below is the alphabet chart which gives an example word and picture for each letter.

DRAFT Mendenkye Alphabet chart