The Kristang Alphabets

There are two Kristang adraza or alphabets: the Adraza Latina or Letra Latina or Roman / Western alphabet, and the Adraza Skeris or Letra Skeris or Sundaland / Nusantaran alphabet. Kristang is a polynomic language, so there is no preferred standard and widespread orthographic and phonological variation; while the lists here try to create a central unity of ontological meaning and representation for both alphabets, the reader should be aware that there is no real preferred singular standard and no preference for a preferred singular standard, and that people in Melaka, Singapore, Perth and elsewhere all use different variants of these systems to represent the language.

#Letter form(s) in Adraza LatinaLetter form(s) in Adraza SkerisName of the LetterIPASound in Kristang
and in Singapore English
1A, aاadra
ادرا
/a/ or /ə/ardansa ke ardansa
part or assembly
2B, bبbali
بالي
/b/ or /v/beleza ke bela
bee or violin
3C, c / Ch, chچchisep
چيسىڤ
/tʃ/ or /k/chumpiang ke cristang
chassis or cream
4D, dد / ضdiama
دياما, ضياما
/d/diamanti
day
5E, eىesmu
ىسمو
/e/ or /ɛ/ or /eɪ/ or /ə/eresberes ke dibeh ke ke
bed or bet or may or assist
6F, fفfolga
فؤلݢا ‎
/f/frimi
forget
7G, gݢgraga
ݢراݢا‎
/g/gabadu
grow
8H, hة / ح / هhoyis
حؤييس,
هؤييس
/h/ or /ʔ/ or silenthotel ke abuah
help or uhoh or <silent>
9I, iيilra
يلرا
/i/intrah
beat
10J, jجjikeli
جيکىلي
/dʒ/jenti
just
11K, kکkeris
کىريس
/k/kuriozu
cute
12L, lلlembri
لىمبري
/l/lumi
leave
13M, mمmelka
مىلکا
/m/matra
mast
14N, nنnangsa
ناڠسا
/n/naris
nasty
15Ŋ, ŋ / Ng, ng ڠngurung
ڠوروڠ
/ŋ/ngua
king
16Ɲ, ɲ / Ny, nyڽnyereh
ڽىلىة
/ɲ/nyamai
new
17O, oؤosra
ؤسرا
/ɔ/ or /o/ or /u/otru ke ondi
otter or go or boot
18P, pڤpapas
ڤاڤاس
/p/presta
press
19Q, qقquzu
قوزو
/q/ or /k/yaqah
<not in Singapore English> or queen
20R, rرraskul
راسکول
/ɹ/ or /r/ or silentrestu
red or car
21S, sس / صsinyera
سيڽىرا, صيڽىرا
/s/ or /ʃ/sabadu
silent or slush
22T, tت / طtisra
,تيسرا
طيسرا
/t/tezu
tight
23U, uوubda
وبضا
/u/usta ke undi
undulating
24V, vۏviseti
ۏيسىتي
/v/vinduru
victory
25W, wڀwesta
ڀىستا
/w/wasibera
Western
26X, xشxeleng
شىلىڠ
/s/ or /ʃ/ or /z/xamang
slight or shine or zoo
27Y, yئyunya
ئوڽا
/j/ or /i/yongga
yes or flee
28Z, zز / ظzamya
,زاميا
ظاميا
/z/zeniyu
zeal
29Ǝ, ə / Ë, ëإəspra
إصڤرا
/ə/ or /ʌ/ardansa
above
30Ж, ж / Zh, zh / Ž, žڞжilos
ڞيۏي
/ʒ/жanyera
Zhenghua
31Ξ, ѫ / Ts, tsڟѫikavis
ڟيکاۏيص
/ts/ѫahesa
Qing Ming
32Ð, ð / Th, thٿðantu
ٿانطو
/θ, ð/ðalasas
Thomson