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Shavian Translator
Turn conventional English into the 48-letter Shavian alphabet, then inspect the pronunciation choices behind every word.
A note on the name. βTranslatorβ is the familiar label. Technically, this is a converter, transliterator, and phonemic transcription toolβit rewrites pronunciation, not meaning.
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Conventional English
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Unicode U+10450βU+1047F
Shavian
Shavian output will appear here.
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Unresolved words stay in Latin letters
Under the surface
Word-by-word explanation
See how each conventional spelling resolves into a Shavian form.
EnglishShavianWhy this form?
The important distinction
Built for sounds,
not spelling.
Resolve the sound
Accent settings and context help choose between forms such as present-tense and past-tense βreadβ.
Write the phonemes
Each sound is expressed with a Shavian letter or compound, while punctuation and spacing are preserved.