Writing System: Cayuga

Names:

• Common name: Cayuga
• Native name: Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ

Quick facts:

• Validation status: Community consultation
• ISO 639 codes: cay

Required localization

Variations:

• iro

Reference fonts:

• LavaLCGAmGeTest-Regular.woff2
• System

Characters

Letters:

• A
• a
• Á
• á
• A̱
• a̱
• D
• d
• E
• e
• É
• é
• E̱
• e̱
• Ę
• ę
• Ę́
• ę́
• Ę̱
• ę̱
• F
• f
• G
• g
• H
• h
• I
• i
• Í
• í
• I̱
• i̱
• Į
• į
• Į́
• į́
• Į̱
• į̱
• J
• j
• K
• k
• N
• n
• O
• o
• Ó
• ó
• O̱
• o̱
• Ǫ
• ǫ
• Ǫ́
• ǫ́
• Ǫ̱
• ǫ̱
• R
• r
• S
• s
• T
• t
• W
• w
• Y
• y
• ˀ/ʼ
• ꞉

Miscellaneous characters:

• ◌̱
• ◌́

Sample Texts

Neˀ ni:ˀ ahi:ˀ ęga:tro:wíˀ, nę:gyę́h ękniho:wíˀ, dęˀ hoˀdę́ˀ niyawˀęǫ́h neˀ swéˀgeh hne:ˀ. Ǫgyáˀse:ˀ gę:sagyadewayęstháˀ haˀdé:yǫ́:. Do:gwaˀ gę:s nˀaonisheˀ tó:neˀ kso:tgéh hǫ: haˀa:kné:ˀ, aˀagyagyǫˀse̲háˀ, haˀdé:yǫ: gę:s naˀagyagyé:ˀ aˀakiyenawáˀs neˀ kso:t. Neˀgiˀnę:gyę́hsǫgása:ˀ, ayę:ˀ gę:stgǫháǫgyeˀ neˀ tęˀ gwáhs dˀeakniksaˀdí:yo:, Haˀde:yǫ́: niyagyagyé:haˀ.

• Source: https://omniglot.com/writing/cayuga.php

Né:ʼ neʼ nę:gyęh neʼ gwaʼyǫ́ʼ gę:s agwa:dó:wa:s tshige:ksá:ʼah. Ne:ʼ gyę́:ʼ e:ʼ gado:gę́: nę̱hsye:ʼ ęhsa:dó:wa:t to:gyę́h neʼ i:sóʼ wagyésʼageh. Ne:ʼ ga:oʼ ni:yǫ: tę̱hsátahahk. Gwahs ʼǫ́: gíhniʼ waʼné:ʼ gę:s a:yę:ʼ toh ní:yoht tęʼ tę̱hshadiyę́:di: waʼné:ʼ hęnǫ:gweʼdaseʼshǫ́:ʼǫh. Ne:ʼ giʼ hǫ:niʼ ahí:ʼ gyę́:gwaʼ hné:hwaʼ a:gatró:wiʼ gyę́:gwaʼ hné:hwaʼ sǫ:gá:ʼah ęhodiʼnikwáędaʼ nę:gyę́h hwaʼ shęh niga:yę:. [...] Tǫ: nęh waʼhéh ęwatahá:goʼ. Wi̱hsa:s gaęnhhǫ: nę́:gyęh ha:yó:daʼ. Ne:ʼ seʼgyę:ʼ gę:s to:gyę́h hwaʼ nęh sǫheh nęh gadidaksénǫgyeʼs shęnhǫ: ohádenyǫʼ. Ne:ʼ giʼ tǫ: ęhsyánhę:. Tǫ: gwahs tohdzí:hah shęh nʼadeganáʼskwe:s. Ne:ʼ gę:s to:gyęh a:yę:ʼ daodoʼkdá:gyeʼ shę́h nʼadeganáʼskwe:s.

• Source: How to Hunt Rabbits told by Reginald Henry, sample via LanguageGeek

Haʼde:yǫ́: ęga:tro:wíʼ sgę́:nǫʼ ohsgęʼdra gahǫ:a:ʼ dʼeóihǫ:t Ǫgyáʼse:ʼ i:ʼ hoʼdę́ʼ niyawʼęǫ́h swéʼgehʼ anahaǫ́traʼ

• Font testing strings

• Source: Ohwęjagehka: Haˀdegae:nage:

Áˀh áˀh Éˀh éˀh Íˀh íˀh Óˀh óˀh Ę́ˀh ę́ˀh Į́ˀh į́ˀh Ǫ́ˀh ǫ́ˀh Á:ˀh á:ˀh É:ˀh é:ˀh Í:ˀh í:ˀh ó:ˀh Ę́:ˀh ę́:ˀh Į́:ˀh į́:ˀh Ǫ́:ˀh ǫ́:ˀh | A̱ˀy a̱ˀy E̱ˀy e̱ˀy I̱ˀy i̱ˀy O̱ˀy o̱ˀy Ę̱ˀy ę̱ˀy Į̱ˀy į̱ˀy Ǫ̱ˀy ǫ̱ˀy | Á:. á:. É:. é:. Í:. í:. ó:. Ę́:. ę́:. Į́:. į́:. Ǫ́:. ǫ́:.

• Font testing strings for vowels

Notes

• The top line of the glottal mark and bottom line of the ogonek need not be precisely aligned to the baselines; they are ideally tilted slightly further, so that the glottal mark wedge points even more upward and the ogonek wedge points even more downward.
• Preference is for a wider underline mark for increased visibility under the base letter. However, adjacent underlines should never touch each other.
• Underlines should not pass through the ogonek but appear below it, and low underlines should be visible in multiline paragraphs (no clipping out or overlapping other letters).