Shavian and the Arts: How Musicians, Poets, and Writers Incorporate the Alphabet
Learn how musicians, poets, and writers are using the Shavian alphabet to bring phonetic clarity to their work, and discover how you can convert,…
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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
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Conventional English
Hello, world.
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Shavian
𐑣𐑩𐑤𐑴, 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛.
𐑱
𐑤
𐑯
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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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Rules and patterns for converting English words into Shavian spelling.
History
The origins and development of the Shavian alphabet.
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