Deseret Alphabet ๐
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
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Short Vowels
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Consonants
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ง
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ง
Uppercase and lowercase are the same except size. Here's lowercase:
๐จ
๐ฉ
๐ช
๐ซ
๐ฌ
๐ญ
๐ฎ
๐ฏ
๐ฐ
๐ฑ
๐ฒ
๐ณ
๐ด
๐ต
๐ถ
๐ท
๐ธ
๐น
๐บ
๐ป
๐ผ
๐ฝ
๐พ
๐ฟ
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
๐
Pronunciation
char | name | IPA |
---|---|---|
๐ | Long I | /iห/ |
๐ | Long E | /eษช/ |
๐ | Long A | /ษห/ |
๐ | Long Ah | /ษห/ |
๐ | Long O | /oส/ |
๐ | Long Oo | /uห/ |
๐ง | Ew | /juห/ |
char | name | IPA |
---|---|---|
๐ | Short I | /ษช/ |
๐ | Short E | /ษ/ |
๐ | Short A | /รฆ/ |
๐ | Short Ah | /ษ/ |
๐ | Short O | /ส/ |
๐ | Short Oo | /ส/ |
๐ | Ay | /aษช/ |
๐ | Ow | /aส/ |
๐ฆ | Oi | /ษษช/ |
char | name | IPA |
---|---|---|
๐ | Wu | /w/ |
๐ | Yee | /j/ |
๐ | H | /h/ |
๐ | Pee | /p/ |
๐ | Bee | /b/ |
๐ | Tee | /t/ |
๐ | Dee | /d/ |
๐ | Chee | /tส/ |
๐ | Jee | /dส/ |
๐ | Kay | /k/ |
๐ | Gay | /ษก/ |
๐ | Ef | /f/ |
๐ | Vee | /v/ |
char | name | IPA |
---|---|---|
๐ | Eth | /ฮธ/ |
๐ | Thee | /รฐ/ |
๐ | Es | /s/ |
๐ | Zee | /z/ |
๐ | Esh | /ส/ |
๐ | Zhee | /ส/ |
๐ก | Er | /r/ |
๐ข | El | /l/ |
๐ฃ | Em | /m/ |
๐ค | En | /n/ |
๐ฅ | Eng | /ล/ |
For examples of IPA pronunciation, see Unicode IPA รฆ and Shavian Alphabet ๐
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.
๐ข๐๐๐ค XVI. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ป๐ช๐. ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ป๐ช๐, ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ป ๐ท๐ญ ๐ช๐. ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ด, ๐ข๐ด๐ฟ ๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ป, ๐๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ป, ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ท๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ด๐ป; ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐, ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ด๐ป. ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฟ ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ท๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ช๐๐ฟ; ๐ ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ป ๐ ๐จ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฉ ๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ ๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฑ๐ป ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ต๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐น, ๐๐๐ป ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ด ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฌ ๐น๐จ๐น, ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ท๐ณ๐ ๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ด.