Guinean languages alphabet
Pre-1989 Post-1989 Language ( s ) IPA value
bh ɓ Pular ɓ
dh ɗ Pular ɗ
gh ɠ Pular ɠ
kh x Susu ɣ
nh ŋ Pular , Maninka ŋ
ny ɲ Pular , Maninka , Susu ɲ
yh ƴ Pular /ʔʲ/
è ɛ Maninka , Susu ɛ
ö ɔ Maninka , Susu ɔ
dy j Pular , Maninka dʒ
ty c Pular , Maninka tʃ
Following independence, the government of Guinea adopted rules of transcription for the languages of Guinea based on the characters and diacritic combinations available on typewriters of that period. [citation needed] This alphabet was used officially until 1989.