The Kokatha alphabet has 23 letters representing the basic sounds of the language. Some Kokatha sounds are written with one letter and some sounds are written with two. There are also four letters that have lines underneath, which means that they have a special pronunciation.
a
aa
i
ii
k
l
ḻ
ly
m
n
ṉ
ng
ny
p
r
ṟ
t
ṯ
tj
u
uu
w
y
a
as in papa
i
as in pika
u
as in kuka
aa
as in tjaa
ii
as in pii
uu
as in yuu
k
as in Kokatha
l
as in ngali
m
as in manta
n
as in pina
p
as in puḻka
r
as in tarka
t
as in kata
w
as in uwa
y
as in wiya
ḻ
as in uḻa
ṉ
as in tjiṉtu
ṟ
as in maṟa
ṯ
as in tjiṯa
ly
as in palya
ng
as in ngura
ny
as in wanyi
tj
as in tjuni