The Shavian phonemic alphabet.
The Shavian alphabet is a constructed alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonemic orthography for the English language to replace the difficulties of conventional spelling using the Latin alphabet. A phonetic alphabet would look quite different depending on the accent it represented. Shavian, on the other hand, does not purport to represent exactly sounds, but classes of sounds.
- Five common words are represented by single letters: the ๐, of ๐, and ๐ฏ, to ๐, for ๐.
- There are no separate capital or lowercase letters the Shavian alphabet.
- A namer dot (ยท) precedes proper names, if such special indication seems to be necessary.
| Tall | Deep | ||||
| ๐ | /p/ | peep | ๐ | /b/ | bib |
| ๐ | /t/ | tot | ๐ | /d/ | dead |
| ๐ | /k/ | kick | ๐ | /ษก/ | gag |
| ๐ | /f/ | fee | ๐ | /v/ | vow |
| ๐ | /ฮธ/ | thigh | ๐ | /รฐ/ | they |
| ๐ | /s/ | so | ๐ | /z/ | zoo |
| ๐ | /ส/ | sure | ๐ | /ส/ | measure |
| ๐ | /สง/ | church | ๐ก | /สค/ | judge |
| ๐ | /j/ | yea | ๐ข | /w/ | woe |
| ๐ | /ล/ | hung | ๐ฃ | /h/ | ha-ha |
| Short | |||||
| ๐ค | /l/ | loll | ๐ฉ | /ษ/ | ado |
| ๐ฎ | /r/ | roar | ๐ณ | /ส/ | up |
| ๐ฅ | /m/ | mime | ๐ช | /ษ/ | on |
| ๐ฏ | /n/ | nun | ๐ด | /ษส/ | oak |
| ๐ฆ | /ษช/~/i/ | if | ๐ซ | /ส/ | wool |
| ๐ฐ | /iห/ | eat | ๐ต | /u(ห)/ | ooze |
| ๐ง | /ษ/ | egg | ๐ฌ | /aส/ | out |
| ๐ฑ | /eษช/ | age | ๐ถ | /ษษช/ | oil |
| ๐จ | /รฆ/ | ash | ๐ญ | /ษห/ | ah |
| ๐ฒ | /aษช/ | ice | ๐ท | /ษห/ | awe |
| Compound | |||||
| ๐ธ | /ษห(r)/ | are | ๐ผ | /ษ(r)/ | array |
| ๐น | /ษห(r)/ | or | ๐ฝ | /ษชษ(r)/ | ear |
| ๐บ | /ษษ(r)/ | air | ๐พ | /ษชษ/ | Ian |
| ๐ป | /ษห(r)/ | err | ๐ฟ | /ju(ห)/ | yew |
Examples
- a ๐ฉ
- about ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐
- after ๐ญ๐๐๐ผ, ๐จ๐๐๐ผ
- again ๐ฉ๐๐ฑ๐ฏ, ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฏ
- against ๐ฉ๐๐ฑ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐
- all ๐ท๐ค
- already ๐ท๐ค๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฆ
- although ๐ท๐ค๐๐ด
- also ๐ท๐ค๐๐ด
- always ๐ท๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐
- am ๐จ๐ฅ
- an ๐ฉ๐ฏ
- and ๐ฏ
- any ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ
- are ๐ธ
- as ๐จ๐
- at ๐จ๐
- away ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ
- be ๐๐ฐ
- because ๐๐ฆ๐๐ช๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ท๐
- been ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ
- before ๐๐ฆ๐๐น
- between ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ
- business ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฉ๐
- but ๐๐ณ๐
- by ๐๐ฒ
- came ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ
- can ๐๐จ๐ฏ
- cannot ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐
- can't ๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐
- come ๐๐ณ๐ฅ
- cordially ๐๐น๐๐พ๐ค๐ฆ
- could ๐๐ซ๐
- day ๐๐ฑ
- dear ๐๐ฝ
- did ๐๐ฆ๐
- didn't ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐
- do ๐๐ต
- does ๐๐ณ๐
- done ๐๐ณ๐ฏ
- don't ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐
- down ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ
- during ๐๐๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐
- each ๐ฐ๐
- either ๐ฒ๐๐ผ, ๐ฐ๐๐ผ
- enough ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐
- ever ๐ง๐๐ผ
- every ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ
- faithfully ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฆ
- far ๐๐ธ
- few ๐๐ฟ
- first ๐๐ป๐๐
- for ๐๐น [๐]
- from ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ
- give ๐๐ฆ๐
- go ๐๐ด
- good ๐๐ซ๐
- got ๐๐ช๐
- great ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
- had ๐ฃ๐จ๐
- has ๐ฃ๐จ๐
- have ๐ฃ๐จ๐
- he ๐ฃ๐ฐ
- her ๐ฃ๐ป
- here ๐ฃ๐ฝ
- him ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ
- his ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐
- how ๐ฃ๐ฌ
- I ๐ฒ
- if ๐ฆ๐
- in ๐ฆ๐ฏ
- into ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ต
- is ๐ฆ๐
- it ๐ฆ๐
- just ๐ก๐ณ๐๐
- knew ๐ฏ๐ฟ
- know ๐ฏ๐ด
- large ๐ค๐ธ๐ก
- last ๐ค๐ญ๐๐, ๐ค๐จ๐๐
- like ๐ค๐ฒ๐
- little ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค
- long ๐ค๐ช๐
- look ๐ค๐ซ๐
- lost ๐ค๐ช๐๐
- love ๐ค๐ณ๐
- made ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐
- make ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐
- man ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ
- many ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ
- may ๐ฅ๐ฑ
- me ๐ฅ๐ฐ
- men ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ
- might ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐
- money ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ
- more ๐ฅ๐น
- most ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐
- much ๐ฅ๐ณ๐
- must ๐ฅ๐ณ๐๐
- my ๐ฅ๐ฒ
- near ๐ฏ๐ฝ
- never ๐ฏ๐ง๐๐ผ
- new ๐ฏ๐ฟ, ๐ฏ๐ต
- next ๐ฏ๐ง๐๐๐
- no ๐ฏ๐ด
- none ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฏ
- not ๐ฏ๐ช๐
- nothing ๐ฏ๐ณ๐๐ฆ๐
- now ๐ฏ๐ฌ
- of ๐
- off ๐ช๐
- often ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ
- old ๐ด๐ค๐
- on ๐ช๐ฏ
- once ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐
- one ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ
- only ๐ด๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ
- or ๐น
- other ๐ณ๐๐ผ
- our ๐ฌ๐ผ
- over ๐ด๐๐ผ
- out ๐ฌ๐
- own ๐ด๐ฏ
- part ๐๐ธ๐
- pass ๐๐ญ๐, ๐๐จ๐
- past ๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐จ๐๐
- people ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉ๐ค
- please ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐
- pleasure ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ผ
- possible ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ค
- question ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ
- quite ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐
- rather ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ผ
- reach ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐
- read ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ง๐
- really ๐ฎ๐พ๐ค๐ฆ
- right ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐
- said ๐๐ง๐
- same ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ
- say ๐๐ฑ
- says ๐๐ง๐
- shall ๐๐จ๐ค
- shan't ๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐
- Shavian ยท๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ
- she ๐๐ฐ
- should ๐๐ซ๐
- sincerely ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ฝ๐ค๐ฆ
- so ๐๐ด
- some ๐๐ณ๐ฅ
- something ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐
- still ๐๐๐ฆ๐ค
- such ๐๐ณ๐
- sure ๐๐ซ๐ผ
- take ๐๐ฑ๐
- talk ๐๐ท๐
- than ๐๐จ๐ฏ
- thank ๐๐จ๐๐
- that ๐๐จ๐
- the ๐
- their ๐๐บ
- them ๐๐ง๐ฅ
- then ๐๐ง๐ฏ
- there ๐๐บ
- these ๐๐ฐ๐
- they ๐๐ฑ
- thing ๐๐ฆ๐
- think ๐๐ฆ๐๐
- this ๐๐ฆ๐
- those ๐๐ด๐
- thought ๐๐ท๐
- three ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ
- through ๐๐ฎ๐ต
- time ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ
- to ๐
- today ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฑ
- together ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ผ
- too ๐๐ต
- two ๐๐ต
- truly ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ค๐ฆ
- under ๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ผ
- unless ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ค๐ง๐
- until ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ค
- up ๐ณ๐
- us ๐ณ๐
- use (v.) ๐ฟ๐
- use (n.) ๐ฟ๐
- used ๐ฟ๐๐
- used to ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐
- usual ๐ฟ๐ ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ค
- vary ๐๐บ๐ฆ
- very ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ
- want ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐
- war ๐ข๐น
- was ๐ข๐ช๐
- wasn't ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐
- way ๐ข๐ฑ
- we ๐ข๐ฐ
- well ๐ข๐ง๐ค
- went ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐
- were ๐ข๐ป
- what [๐ฃ]๐ข๐ช๐
- where [๐ฃ]๐ข๐บ
- which [๐ฃ]๐ข๐ฆ๐
- while [๐ฃ]๐ข๐ฒ๐ค
- who ๐ฃ๐ต
- whole ๐ฃ๐ด๐ค
- whose ๐ฃ๐ต๐
- why [๐ฃ]๐ข๐ฒ
- when [๐ฃ]๐ข๐ง๐ฏ
- will ๐ข๐ฆ๐ค
- with ๐ข๐ฆ๐
- woman ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ
- women ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ
- word ๐ข๐ป๐
- work ๐ข๐ป๐
- world ๐ข๐ป๐ค๐
- would ๐ข๐ซ๐
- write ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐
- written ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ
- wrong ๐ฎ๐ช๐
- year ๐๐ฝ
- yesterday ๐๐ง๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ
- yet ๐๐ง๐
- you ๐ฟ
- young ๐๐ณ๐
- your ๐๐ซ๐ผ, ๐๐น
Keyboard Input
There is an onscreen keyboard written for Varvara.
Unicode Chart
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1045x | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
| U+1046x | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ | ๐ฎ | ๐ฏ |
| U+1047x | ๐ฐ | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ๐ถ | ๐ท | ๐ธ | ๐น | ๐บ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ |
Pixel fonts
Glyphs by Dechifro.
| shavian6x13 | shavian7x14 |
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