Editing Zuni language (section)

===Old orthographies===
Linguists and anthropologists have created and used their own writing system for Zuni before the alphabet was standardized. One was developed for Zuni by linguist Stanley Newman (Newman 1954). This practical [[orthography]] essentially followed [[Americanist phonetic notation]] with the substitution of some uncommon letters with other letters or digraphs (two-letter combinations). A further revised orthography is used in Dennis Tedlock's transcriptions of oral [[narrative]]s.

See the table below for a comparison of the systems.

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::{| class="wikitable"
! Tedlock || Newman || Americanist || Current orthography || IPA
|-
| ʼ || / || ʔ || ʼ || {{IPA|/ʔ/}}
|-
| ʼʼ || // || ʔʔ || ʼʼ || {{IPA|/ʔː/}}
|-
| a || a || a || a || {{IPA|/a/}}
|-
| aa || a: || aˑ || a: || {{IPA|/aː/}}
|-
| ch || ch || č || ch || {{IPA|/tʃ/}}
|-
| cch || chch || čč || chh || {{IPA|/tʃː/}}
|-
| e || e || e || e || {{IPA|/e/}}
|-
| ee || e: || eˑ || e: || {{IPA|/eː/}}
|-
| i || i || i || i || {{IPA|/i/}}
|-
| ii || i: || iˑ || i: || {{IPA|/iː/}}
|-
| h || j || h || h || {{IPA|/h/}}
|-
| hh || jj || hh || hh || {{IPA|/hː/}}
|-
| k || k || k || k || {{IPA|/k/}}
|-
| kk || kk || kk || kk || {{IPA|/kː/}}
|-
| kw || q || kʷ || kw || {{IPA|/kʷ/}}
|-
| kkw || qq || kʷkʷ || kkw || {{IPA|/kʷː/}}
|-
| l || l || l || l || {{IPA|/l/}}
|-
| ll || ll || ll || ll || {{IPA|/lː/}}
|-
| lh || lh || ł || ł || {{IPA|/ɬ/}}
|-
| llh || lhlh || łł || łł || {{IPA|/ɬː/}}
|-
| m || m || m || m || {{IPA|/m/}}
|}

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{| class="wikitable"
! Tedlock || Newman || Americanist || Current orthography || IPA
|-
| mm || mm || mm || mm || {{IPA|/mː/}}
|-
| n || n || n || n || {{IPA|/n/}}
|-
| nn || nn || nn || nn || {{IPA|/nː/}}
|-
| o || o || o || o || {{IPA|/o/}}
|-
| oo || o: || oˑ || o: || {{IPA|/oː/}}
|-
| p || p || p || p || {{IPA|/p/}}
|-
| pp || pp || pp || pp || {{IPA|/pː/}}
|-
| s || s || s || s || {{IPA|/s/}}
|-
| ss || ss || ss || ss || {{IPA|/sː/}}
|-
| sh || sh || š || sh || {{IPA|/ʃ/}}
|-
| ssh || shsh || šš || shh || {{IPA|/ʃː/}}
|-
| t || t || t || t || {{IPA|/t/}}
|-
| tt || tt || tt || tt || {{IPA|/tː/}}
|-
| ts || z || c || ts || {{IPA|/ts/}}
|-
| tts || zz || cc || tts || {{IPA|/tsː/}}
|-
| u || u || u || u || {{IPA|/u/}}
|-
| uu || u: || uˑ || u: || {{IPA|/uː/}}
|-
| w || w || w || w || {{IPA|/w/}}
|-
| ww || ww || ww || ww || {{IPA|/wː/}}
|-
| y || y || y || y || {{IPA|/j/}}
|-
| yy || yy || yy || yy || {{IPA|/jː/}}
|}
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In Newman's orthography (used in his dictionary, Newman 1958), the symbols, {{vr|ch, j, lh, q, sh, z, /, :}} replaced Americanist {{vr|č, h, ł, kʷ, š, c, ʔ, [[ˑ]]}} (used in Newman's grammar, Newman 1965).

Tedlock's orthography uses {{vr|ʼ}} instead of Newman's {{vr|/}} except at the beginning of words where it is not written.  Additionally, in Tedlock's system, long vowels are written doubled instead of with a length mark {{vr|:}} as in Newman's system (e.g. {{vr|aa}} instead of {{vr|a:}}) and {{vr|h}} and {{vr|kw}} are used instead of {{vr|j}} and {{vr|q}}. Finally, Tedlock writes the following long consonants – {{vr|cch, llh, ssh, tts}} – with a doubled initial letter instead of Newman's doubling of the digraphs – {{vr|chch}}, {{vr|lhlh}}, {{vr|shsh}} – and {{vr|kkw}} and {{vr|tts}} are used instead of Newman's {{vr|qq}} and {{vr|zz}}.