Shavian Alphabet ๐
Shavian alphabet is designed to be a simple phonetic alphabet for English.
It was created in 1960s after the death of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. The creation is due to Shaw's interest and will.
tall
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๐
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deep
๐
๐
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๐ก
๐ข
๐ฃ
short
๐ค
๐ฅ
๐ฆ
๐ง
๐จ
๐ฉ
๐ช
๐ซ
๐ฌ
๐ญ
๐ฎ
๐ฏ
๐ฐ
๐ฑ
๐ฒ
๐ณ
๐ด
๐ต
๐ถ
๐ท
๐ธ
๐น
๐บ
๐ป
๐ผ
๐ฝ
๐พ
๐ฟ
Shavian alphabet has 3 types of letters: tall, deep, short.
- Tall Letters are voiceless consonants. (except Yea ๐ and Hung ๐)
- Deep Letter are tall letter rotated 180ยฐ, and are voiced consonant (except Haha ๐ฃ).
- Short Letters are vowels, liquids (r, l) and nasals
Tall and Deep Letters
letter | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reading | /p/ | /b/ | /t/ | /d/ | /k/ | /ษก/ | /f/ | /v/ | /ฮธ/ | /รฐ/ |
Name/example | peep | bib | tot | dead | kick | gag | fee | vow | thigh | they |
letter | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ | ๐ข | ๐ | ๐ฃ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reading | /s/ | /z/ | /ส/ | /ส/ | /tส/ | /dส/ | /j/ | /w/ | /ล/ | /h/ |
Name/example | so | zoo | sure | measure | church | judge | yea | woe | hung | ha-ha |
Short Letters
letter | ๐ค | ๐ฎ | ๐ฅ | ๐ฏ | ๐ฆ | ๐ฐ | ๐ง | ๐ฑ | ๐จ | ๐ฒ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reading | /l/ | /ษน/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ษช/ | /iห/ | /ษ/ | /eษช/ | /รฆ/ | /aษช/ |
Name/example | loll | roar | mime | nun | if | eat | etch | age | ash | ride |
letter | ๐ฉ | ๐ณ | ๐ช | ๐ด | ๐ซ | ๐ต | ๐ฌ | ๐ถ | ๐ญ | ๐ท |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reading | /ษ/ | /ส/ | /ษ/ | /oส/ | /ส/ | /uห/ | /aส/ | /ษษช/ | /ษห/ | /ษห/ |
Name/example | ado | up | on | oak | wool | ooze | loud | oil | ah | awe |
Ligatures
letter | ๐ธ | ๐น | ๐บ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reading | /ษหษน/ | /ษหษน~ษษษน/ | /ษษษน/ | /ษหษน/ | /ษ/ | /ษชษษน/ | /i.ษ/ | /juห/ |
Name/example | are | or | air | fur | array | ear | ian | yew |
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