Editing Hopi language (section)

== Orthography ==

Hopi is written using the Latin alphabet.

The vowel letters correspond to the phonemes of Hopi as follows, and long vowels are written double.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" | IPA
| {{IPAslink|a}}
| {{IPAslink|ɛ}}
| {{IPAslink|ɪ}}
| {{IPAslink|o}}
| {{IPAslink|ɨ}}
| {{IPAslink|ø}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | orthography
! short
| {{angbr|a}}
| {{angbr|e}}
| {{angbr|i}}
| {{angbr|o}}
| {{angbr|u}}
| {{angbr|ö}}
|-
! long
| {{angbr|aa}}
| {{angbr|ee}}
| {{angbr|ii}}
| {{angbr|oo}}
| {{angbr|uu}}
| {{angbr|öö}}
|}

Consonants are written:
* {{angbr|’}} {{IPAslink|ʔ}}
* {{angbr|h}} {{IPAslink|h}}
* {{angbr|k}} {{IPAslink|k}}
* {{angbr|ky}} {{IPA|/kʲ/}}
* {{angbr|kw}} {{IPA|/kʷ/}}
* {{angbr|l}} {{IPAslink|l}}
* {{angbr|m}} {{IPAslink|m}}
* {{angbr|n}} {{IPAslink|n}}
* {{angbr|ng}} {{IPAslink|ŋ}}
* {{angbr|ngw}} {{IPA|/ŋʷ/}}
* {{angbr|ngy}} {{IPAslink|ɲ}}
* {{angbr|p}} {{IPAslink|p}}
* {{angbr|q}} {{IPA|/k̠/}}
* {{angbr|qw}} {{IPA|/k̠ʷ/}}
* {{angbr|r}} {{IPAslink|ʐ}}
* {{angbr|s}} {{IPAslink|s}}
* {{angbr|t}} {{IPAslink|t}}
* {{angbr|ts}} {{IPAslink|ts}}
* {{angbr|v}} {{IPAslink|β}}
* {{angbr|w}} {{IPAslink|w}}
* {{angbr|y}} {{IPAslink|j}}

Falling accent is marked with a grave {{angbr|`}}: {{lang|hop|tsirò}} 'birds'.

To distinguish certain consonants written as [[Digraph (orthography)|digraphs]] from similar looking phonemes meeting across syllable boundaries, a period is used: {{lang|hop|kwaahu}} ('eagle') but {{lang|hop|kuk.wuwàaqe}} ('to follow tracks').

The [[Deseret alphabet]], an alphabetical system developed by Mormon scholars in modern-day Utah, was used for academic notation of the language in a handwritten English–Hopi dictionary made in 1860 that was rediscovered in 2014.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beesley |first1=Kenneth R. |last2=Elzinga |first2=Dirk |year=2014 |title=An 1860 English–Hopi Vocabulary Written in the Deseret Alphabet |publisher=University of Utah Press}}</ref>