There are several conventions for writing Northern Haida.

This document contains an overview over the differences between the various orthographic conventions.

Ph	EM	ES	ANLC	SHIP	Br	fst
x	c	c	x	x	x	x
ɢ̥	G	r	ĝ	ǥ	gh	þ
k’	k’	k’	kk	kk	kk	k’
qʰ	q	q	ḵ	ḵ	q	ñ
qʼ	q’	q’	ḵ’	ḵ’	qq	ñ’
lˀ	’l	’l	ll	ll	ll	’l
mˀ	’m	’m	mm	mm	mm	’m
nˀ	’n	’n	nn	nn	nn	’n
pʼ	p’	p’	–	–	–	p’
ʕ	r	r	ǥ	–	gh	ç
tʼ	t’	t’	tt	tt	tt	t’
t͡ɬ ʼ	tl’	tl’	ttl	ttl	ttl	tl’
ħ	x	x	x̱	–	–	ý
χ	X	x	x̂	x̱	xh	ð
ʔ	7	7	’	’	’	’

Abbreviation for orthographies:

• Ph = Underlying phoneme
• EM = Enrico Masset,
• ES = Enrico Skidegate,
• ANLC = Alaska Native Language Center,
• SHIP = Skidegate Haida Immersion Program
• Br = Robert Bringhurst
• fst = The present Northern Haida finite-state transducer