Kina Script

The Kapukan alphabet is the writing system used primarily in Kapuku. The writing system was developed in the 1600 and 1700s by both Zhenian and Kapukan schollars to give the people of Kapuku a writing system to keep track of trade and collect information, as well as translate Zhenian religious texts.

Letters

The Kapukan Alphabet contains a total of 13 letters. The alphabet contains five vowels (A a, E e, I i, O o, and U u) and eight consonants (H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, and ʻ). The five vowels with macrons – Ā ā, Ē ē, Ī ī, Ō ō, Ū ū – are not treated as separate letters, but are alphabetized immediately after unaccented vowels.

Letter	Name	IPA
A   a	ʻā	/a/
E   e	ʻē	/e/
I   i	ʻī	/i/
O   o	ʻō	/o/
U   u	ʻū	/u/
H   h	hē	/h/
K   k	kē	/k ~ t/
L   l	lā	/l ~ ɾ ~ ɹ/
M   m	mū	/m/
N   n	nū	/n/
P   p	pī	/p/
W   w	wē	/w ~ v/
'	'okina	/ʔ/