Marúawe! Comanche is an endangered language with only 850 or less native speakers, mostly the elderly. It is a Uto-Aztecan language of the Native American Comanche tribe. Learn more about the background of the language in External Links. The purpose here is to put as much info as possible of the Comanche language onto one page. I would also like to start making some interactive resources for this language and get it more onto the web where people can share it.

   Let's start with the Comanche alphabet.
a b e h i k m n o p r s t u u w y ?
a - ah, as in wander
e - between a in gate and e in get
i - ee, as in flee
o - similar to o in hope
u - oo, as in boot
u - uh, as in lust
b - between b and v in English
h, k, m, n - same as English
p - same as English, but sometimes pronounced as 'b'
r - rolled, like Spanish r
s - same as English
t - t of stop; sometimes pronounced as an 'r'
w, y - same as English
? - glottal stop, as in uh-oh (also used as traditional question mark)

   Normally, the beginning of the word is stressed. Otherwise, you will find an accent on the stressed syllable, just like in Spanish. Example: kutséena (coyote).
   Vowels that are doubled, like in onaa, are simply pronounced at length. Voiceless vowels are indicated by underlining. They are the same as the voiced vowel, but they are like whispers.

   I'm just using HTML to produce strike-outs and underlines. If you use HTML or message board codes, you should already know how to underline things. Well, here's the code for strike-out:
< s >u< / s >
[s]u[/s]
   I know it's quite tedious... I'll get a font soon and probably duplicate this page with it... or something.