48 letters One sound at a time

English sounds,
written clearly.

Meet Shavian: a phonemic alphabet built for English. Learn its shapes, convert familiar words, and start reading a different way.

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  • 48purpose-built letters
  • 0capital letters
  • U+10450Unicode ready
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Conventional English

Hello, world.

same sounds
Shavian

๐‘ฃ๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ด, ๐‘ข๐‘ป๐‘ค๐‘›.

Phonemic writing๐‘–
๐‘ฑ
๐‘ค
๐‘ฏ

Learn it. Type it. Use it.

Four tools, one clear path.

Go from first contact to fluent recall without installing anything. Every tool works in your browser and on mobile.

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EnglishHelloโ†’๐‘ฃ๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ด

Convert

Shavian Translator

Turn conventional English into phonemic Shavian text.
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๐‘–/สƒ/ ยท Sure

Explore

Interactive Alphabet

Meet every glyph, sound, name, and letter pair.
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๐‘๐‘ฐ๐‘

Compose

On-Screen Keyboard

Type, copy, and download Shavian Unicode anywhere.
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๐‘”

Practice

Flashcards & Quiz

Train sound recall, spelling, pairs, and reading speed.
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Your first ten minutes

Start with shapes.
Finish with words.

Shavian looks unfamiliar only at first. Its visual system becomes much easier when you learn related letters together, then immediately use them in short words.

  1. 01

    Meet the letter families

    See tall, deep, short, and compound forms as a coherent system.

  2. 02

    Connect shape to sound

    Use IPA, names, and example words to make each form memorable.

  3. 03

    Read something real

    Move from letters to words, short sentences, and timed passages.

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Alphabet preview12 of 48 letters
๐‘Peep/p/๐‘‘Tot/t/๐‘’Kick/k/๐‘“Fee/f/๐‘šBib/b/๐‘›Dead/d/๐‘คLoll/l/๐‘ฅMime/m/๐‘ฆIf/ษช/๐‘งEgg/ษ›/๐‘ฑAge/eษช/๐‘ฒIce/aษช/
TallDeepShort & compound

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Guides for curious minds.

Clear explanations about spelling, design, history, and everyday use.

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Beginner Guide

A step-by-step introduction to the Shavian alphabet.

13 articlesโ†’ 02

Alphabet

Reference for the 48 Shavian letters, their names, and punctuation.

52 articlesโ†’ 03

Spelling

Rules and patterns for converting English words into Shavian spelling.

37 articlesโ†’ 04

History

The origins and development of the Shavian alphabet.

19 articlesโ†’ 05

Comparisons

Side-by-side comparisons with other phonetic and spelling systems.

11 articlesโ†’ 06

Keyboards

Keyboard layouts and input methods for Shavian.

7 articlesโ†’

Built for careful learning

Clear about what Shavian isโ€”and what it isnโ€™t.

Independent

An educational publication, not an official successor to any earlier project on this domain.

Technically precise

Our converter is presented as phonemic transcriptionโ€”not translation of meaning.

Useful by design

314 articles and four browser-based tools connect reference with practice.

Ready when you are

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