Blin Alphabet (Dehai Standard)

 e     u      i      a      ie    _      o

he      hu      hi      ha      hie     h       ho, 	(head)
le      lu      li      la      lie     l       lo, 	(Libya)
He      Hu      Hi      Ha      Hie     H       Ho, 	(Haben)
me      mu      mi      ma      mie     m       mo, 	(man)
re      ru      ri      ra      rie     r       ro, 	(red)
se      su      si      sa      sie     s       so, 	(sun)
she     shu     shi     sha     shie    sh      sho, 	(sheet)
qe      qu      qi      qa      qie     q       qo, 	(qal (word)
Qe      -       Qi      Qa      Qie     -       Q, 	(QanQ
be      bu      bi      ba      bie     b       bo, 	(boy)
te      tu      ti      ta      tie     t       to, 	(table)
Te      Tu      Ti      Ta      Tie     T       To, 	(Tel)
ne      nu      ni      na      nie     n       no, 	(neck)
ke      ku      ki      ka      kie     k       ko,  	(kettle)
Ke      Ku      Ki      Ka      Kie     K       Ko, 	(koKob)
kwe     -       kwi     kwa     kwie    kw      -,  	(kwaKw (crow)
Kwe     -       Kwi     Kwa     Kwie    Kw      -,  	(KwaKewito)
we      wu      wi      wa      wie     w       wo, 	(way)
ye      yu      yi      ya      yie     y       yo, 	(Yodit)
de      du      di      da      die     d       do, 	(day)
ge      gu      gi      ga      gie     g       go,  	(gate)
je      ju      ji      ja      jie     j       jo 	(genes)
Che     Chu     Chi     Cha     Chie    Ch      Cho 	(Chena)
Pe      Pu      Pi      Pa      Pie     P       Po 	(Paulos)
nge     nguu    ngi     nga     ngie    ng      ngo 	(lengeta, 7)
ngwe     -      ngwi    ngwa    ngwie   ngw      -  	(bungwa, lier)
Gw      -       Gwi     Ga      Gwie    Gw       -  	(Gwana)
fe      fu      fi      fa      fie     f       fo 	(fat)
E        U       I       A       IE     _       O 	(Ona)
e        u       i       a       ie     i       o  	(om, tree)
ze      zu      zi      za      zie     z       zo 	(zereba, speech)
Se      Su      Si      Sa      Sie     S       So 	(SeHai, sun)

Note on use of script and alphabet

1. Blin, as far as I know, is written in Geez script

2. I personally prefer to write it in Geez script and my present attempts to write in the Latin Alphabet is merely for Dehai consumption.

3. Two typical Blin sounds should be added to the dehai (Latin) standard: the velar nasal nge and its labilised form ngwe. In the Geez script they are written as the way g and G are written except that there is a dash above every letter. Both sounds never come at the beginning of a word. The sound for nge is similar to the English sound of the word going as in lenga = two, lengeta = seveen. ngwe appears in bungwa = lier, sungwera = a kind of tree.

4. ze and Se do not appear in Blin but are used to pronounce loan words from Semitic language surrounding Blin, as in Selot (prayer), neSanet (freedom), Zeru (proper name).