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The Shavian/Shaw Alphabet is a writing system proposed by George Bernard Shaw and designed by Ronald Kingsley Read as an alternative to the modern Roman Alphabet we use today. The letters are more representative of their phonemic roots, as such sounds like /t/ and /d/ are mirrors of each other.
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front 𐑸 | back /ɑːr/ ARe |
front 𐑹 | back /ɔːr/ OR |
front 𐑐 | back /p/ Peep |
front 𐑛 | back /d/ Dead |
front 𐑒 | back /k/ Kick |
front 𐑓 | back /f/ Fee [for] |
front 𐑔 | back /ð/ That |
front 𐑕 | back /s/ So |
front 𐑖 | back /ʃ/ Sure |
front 𐑗 | back /t͡ʃ/ CHurch |
front 𐑘 | back /j/ Yea |
front 𐑙 | back /ŋ/ huNG |
front 𐑚 | back /b/ Bib |
front 𐑛 | back /d/ Dead |
front 𐑜 | back /g/ Gag |
front 𐑝 | back /v/ Vow [of] |
front 𐑞 | back /θ/ Thigh [the] |
front 𐑟 | back /z/ Zoo |
front 𐑠 | back /ʒ/ meaSure |
front 𐑡 | back /d͡ʒ/ Judge |
front 𐑢 | back /w/ Wow |
front 𐑣 | back /h/ Ha-ha |
front 𐑤 | back /l/ Loll |
front 𐑥 | back /m/ Mine |
front 𐑦 | back /ɪ/ If |
front 𐑧 | back /e/ Egg |
front 𐑨 | back /æ/ Ash |
front 𐑩 | back /ə/ Ado |
front 𐑪 | back /ɒ/ On |
front 𐑫 | back /ʊ/ wOOl |
front 𐑬 | back /aʊ/ OUt |
front 𐑭 | back /ɑː/ Ah |
front 𐑮 | back /r/ Roar |
front 𐑯 | back /n/ Nun [and] |
front 𐑰 | back /iː/ EAt |
front 𐑱 | back /eɪ/ Age |
front 𐑲 | back /aɪ/ Ice |
front 𐑳 | back /ʌ/ Up |
front 𐑴 | back /oʊ/ OAk |
front 𐑵 | back /uː/ OOze |
front 𐑶 | back /ɔɪ/ OIl |
front 𐑷 | back /ɔː/ AWe |
front 𐑺 | back /ɛər/ AIR |
front 𐑻 | back /ɜːr/ URge |
front 𐑼 | back /ər/ ARRay |
front 𐑽 | back /ɪər/ EAR |
front 𐑾 | back /iə/ IAn |
front 𐑿 | back /juː/ YEW |
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