Problem:IOL/2008/i1/en

IOL 2008 Problem #1 Micmac
The following are words of the Micmac language written in the so-called Listuguj orthography, their phonetic transcriptions and English translations:

(a) Transcribe the following words:

(b) Write in the Listuguj orthography:

⚠ Micmac is an Algonquian language. It is spoken by approx. 8000 people in Canada.

In the transcription [ə] ≈ o in abbot, [c] = ch in church, [j] = j in judge, [x] = ch in Scottish loch, [ɣ] is the same sound but voiced; [ʷ] shows that the preceding consonant is pronounced with rounded lips. The mark ˉ denotes vowel length.

—Bozhidar Bozhanov