Unicode: Deseret Alphabet 𐐃

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Deseret alphabet is designed to be a simple phonetic alphabet for English.

It was created in 1847 by George D Watt, Brigham Young and other Mormons.

Long Vowels
𐐀 𐐁 𐐂 𐐃 𐐄 𐐅

Short Vowels
𐐆 𐐇 𐐈 𐐉 𐐊 𐐋

Consonants
𐐌 𐐍 𐐎 𐐏 𐐐 𐐑 𐐒 𐐓 𐐔 𐐕 𐐖 𐐗 𐐘 𐐙 𐐚 𐐛 𐐜 𐐝 𐐞 𐐟 𐐠 𐐡 𐐢 𐐣 𐐤 𐐥 𐐦 𐐧

Uppercase and lowercase are the same except size. Here's lowercase:

𐐨 𐐩 𐐪 𐐫 𐐬 𐐭

𐐮 𐐯 𐐰 𐐱 𐐲 𐐳

𐐴 𐐵 𐐶 𐐷 𐐸 𐐹 𐐺 𐐻 𐐼 𐐽 𐐾 𐐿 𐑀 𐑁 𐑂 𐑃 𐑄 𐑅 𐑆 𐑇 𐑈 𐑉 𐑊 𐑋 𐑌 𐑍 𐑎 𐑏

Pronunciation

For examples of IPA pronunciation, see Unicode: IPA æ and Unicode: Shavian Alphabet 𐑕

Deseret Alphabet Sample Text

Here's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

LESSON XVI.
The Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is set,
And the grass with dew is wet,
Then you show your little light;
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then if I were in the dark,
I would thank you for your spark;
I could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

And when I am sound asleep,
Oft you through my window peep,
For you never shut your eye
Til the sun is in the sky.

𐐢𐐇𐐝𐐤 XVI.
𐐜 𐐢𐐮𐐻𐑊 𐐝𐐻𐐪𐑉.

𐐓𐐶𐐮𐑍𐐿𐑊, 𐐻𐐶𐐮𐑍𐐿𐑊, 𐑊𐐮𐐻𐑊 𐑅𐐻𐐪𐑉,
𐐐𐐵 𐐌 𐐶𐐲𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉 𐐸𐐶𐐱𐐻 𐐷𐐭 𐐪𐑉.
𐐊𐐹 𐐰𐐺𐐲𐑂 𐑄 𐐶𐐲𐑉𐑊𐐼 𐑅𐐬 𐐸𐐴,
𐐢𐐴𐐿 𐐩 𐐼𐐴𐑋𐐲𐑌𐐼 𐐮𐑌 𐑄 𐑅𐐿𐐴.

𐐐𐐶𐐯𐑌 𐑄 𐐺𐑊𐐩𐑆𐐮𐑍 𐑅𐐲𐑌 𐐮𐑆 𐑅𐐯𐐻,
𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐑄 𐑀𐑉𐐪𐑅 𐐶𐐮𐑄 𐐼𐐮𐐭 𐐮𐑆 𐐶𐐯𐐻,
𐐜𐐯𐑌 𐐷𐐭 𐑇𐐬 𐐷𐐳𐑉 𐑊𐐮𐐻𐑊 𐑊𐐴𐐻;
𐐓𐐶𐐮𐑍𐐿𐑊, 𐐻𐐶𐐮𐑍𐐿𐑊, 𐐫𐑊 𐑄 𐑌𐐴𐐻.

𐐜𐐯𐑌 𐐮𐑁 𐐌 𐐶𐐲𐑉 𐐮𐑌 𐑄 𐐼𐐪𐑉𐐿,
𐐌 𐐶𐐳𐐼 𐑃𐐰𐑍𐐿 𐐷𐐭 𐑁𐐫𐑉 𐐷𐐭𐑉 𐑅𐐹𐐪𐑉𐐿;
𐐌 𐐿𐐳𐐼 𐑌𐐪𐐻 𐑅𐐨 𐐸𐐶𐐮𐐽 𐐶𐐩 𐐻𐐭 𐑀𐐬,
𐐆𐑁 𐐷𐐭 𐐼𐐮𐐼 𐑌𐐱𐐻 𐐻𐐶𐐮𐑍𐐿𐑊 𐑅𐐬.

𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐐸𐐶𐐯𐑌 𐐌 𐐰𐑋 𐑅𐐵𐑌𐐼 𐐰𐑅𐑊𐐨𐐹,
𐐉𐑁𐐻 𐐷𐐭 𐑃𐑉𐐭 𐑋𐐴 𐐶𐐮𐑌𐐼𐐬 𐐹𐐨𐐹,
𐐙𐐫𐑉 𐐷𐐭 𐑌𐐯𐑂𐐯𐑉 𐑇𐐲𐐻 𐐷𐐳𐑉 𐐴
𐐓𐐮𐑊 𐑄 𐑅𐐲𐑌 𐐮𐑆 𐐮𐑌 𐑄 𐑅𐐿𐐴.