Unicode: 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 ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
deep ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ 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 |
Sample Text
