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Read article48 letters One sound at a time
English sounds,
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Meet Shavian: a phonemic alphabet built for English. Learn its shapes, convert familiar words, and start reading a different way.
- 48purpose-built letters
- 0capital letters
- U+10450Unicode ready
Conventional English
Hello, world.
same sounds
Shavian
𐑣𐑩𐑤𐑴, 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛.
𐑱
𐑤
𐑯
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EnglishHello→𐑣𐑩𐑤𐑴
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Beginner Guide
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Alphabet
Reference for the 48 Shavian letters, their names, and punctuation.
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