Alphabet Song
Alphabetical order (in quasi-English order)
’ a aa ch ch’ e ee h hw i ii k kw kw’ l lh m n ou oo p p’ q q’ qw qw’ s sh t t’ th tl’ ts ts’ tth tth’ u w x xw y
Name for the letters in Hul’q’umi’num’
’unuhw a chi ch’a e ha hwa i ka kwe kw’a la lhi ma ne ou oo pa p’a qi q’a qwe qw’a
sa shi ta t’e tha tl’a tsi ts’a’ tthe tth’a u wi xa xwe ya
Hul’q’umi’num’ Alphabet Song
thanks to Tara Morris, with help from the phonetics team and Donna
ho ho oh ho ho oh (repeat 3 times)
hoho oh ’unuhw
a chi ch’a e ha
ho ho oh ho ho oh
hwa i ka kwe kw’a
la lhi ma ne ou oo pa
ho ho oh ho ho oh
p’a qi q’a qwe qw’a
sa shi ta t’e tha
ho ho oh ho ho oh
tl’a tsi ts’a’ tthe tth’a
u wi xa xwe ya
ho ho oh ho e ya!