Hokkaidoian Alphabet

The Hokkaidoian Alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet used to write Hokkaidoian, a language of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It is not a tonal language, but it includes 5 letters to indicate low tone: À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù. It has a distinction to use dotted and dotless I and J.

The alphabet
The letters Q (named ku), V (named ve) and X (named iks) do not belong to the Hokkaidoian alphabet, but they are used in loanwords, internet addresses, or proper names. There are 46 letters, making it longest alphabet in the Hokkaido Prefecture's languages. Both Y and Ý represent creaky voice ([a̰] after either b, c, d, f, p or z, or [o̰] after k, l, m, n, r, s or ç) and breathy voice ([a̤] after either a, e, f, g, h, j or [o̤] after either s, ş or w) respectively.

Alphabetical order
Hokkaidoian uses the order of letters in the table above. If Q, V and X are present, they were usually take positions in the Latin alphabet (after P, U and W respectively).