{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Deseret alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/669038689835417600/", "html": "Deseret alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n

yeli-renrong:

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kontextmaschine:

plum-soup:

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downerpress:

i had no idea the mormon\u2019s created their own alphabet.\u00a0 because of tumblr and wikipedia, now i do! (and you do, too.)

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wait so are they ripping off armenian, cyrillic, greek, or all three

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I dunno, which alphabet did Sequoyah rip off for Cherokee?

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Many of the consonants (e.g. \ud801\udc12 \ud801\udc15\n\n \ud801\udc14 \ud801\udc19 \n\n\ud801\udc22\n\n\n\ud801\udc1d \ud801\udc13 \ud801\udc0e = B C D F L S T W) are derived straightforwardly from Latin. Recent Deseret fonts sometimes make the similarities more explicit, especially with \ud801\udc14, which can become identical to Latin <d>.\u00a0

\ud801\udc25 = /\u014b/ is from Pitman phonotypy, a direct predecessor of the Deseret alphabet, which used an identical form.\u00a0\n\n\ud801\udc16 = /d\u0292/ could be derived from either Latin J or the Pitman phonotypic letter for /t\u0283/.

The lax vowels \ud801\udc08 \ud801\udc09 \ud801\udc07 \ud801\udc0a \ud801\udc06 \ud801\udc0b are modifications of a connecting line between two letters, most likely as de novo designs arising from George Watt\u2019s experience with vowel-optional shorthand and the general triangle-wave path of the pen. The stroke in \ud801\udc06 is also from Pitman phonotypy, which used <\u0197> for /\u0268/ = unstressed /\u026a/.

\ud801\udc02, the most difficult letterform (representing /\u0251/, a very uncommon vowel at the time, since this precedes the father-bother merger), could have been derived from Benjamin Franklin\u2019s phonetic letter for /\u0252/.

The pairs \n\n\ud801\udc18 \ud801\udc17, \ud801\udc03 \ud801\udc04, \ud801\udc1d \ud801\udc20, and arguably \ud801\udc21 \ud801\udc0f are distinguished by the presence vs. absence of connectors. \ud801\udc0d looks like a connected version of \ud801\udc02 but is a bindrune of \ud801\udc02 + \ud801\udc0b, similarly to \ud801\udc27 = \ud801\udc06 + \ud801\udc05 and \ud801\udc26 = \ud801\udc09 + \ud801\udc06. (Thales Haskell used a \ud801\udc06 + \ud801\udc0b bindrune for /juw/ and inexplicably borrowed the \ud801\udc27 letterform for /oj/ - maybe he pronounced it /uj/?)

Some letters were derived by rotation of other letters - \ud801\udc11 \ud801\udc1b, \ud801\udc13 \ud801\udc22, \ud801\udc02 \ud801\udc1a, \ud801\udc0c \ud801\udc10, \ud801\udc23 \ud801\udc15 - presumably for reasons of economy in typemaking.

One would like to derive \ud801\udc1f = /\u0283/ from the Bactrian sho (\u03f8 = /\u0283/) but unfortunately this is untenable.

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\ud801\udc25 = /\u014b/ \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4b \ud801\udc11\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc4b\u0131\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2c\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc39\ud801\udc2e, \ud801\udc29 \ud801\udc3c\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc39\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc45\u0131\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc14\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc46\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc41\u0131\ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b, \ud801\udc36\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3d \ud801\udc4f\ud801\udc46\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc34\ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f\u0131\ud801\udc4a \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc4b. \ud801\udc16 = /d\u0292/ \ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc33\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc28 \ud801\udc3c\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc42\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4b \ud801\udc28\ud801\udc44\u0131\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc22\ud801\udc30\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c J \ud801\udc36\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc11\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc4b\u0131\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2c\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc39\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49 /t\u0283/.

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\ud801\udc02, \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc4b\ud801\udc2c\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc33\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc4b (\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc39\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc46\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4d /\u0251/, \ud801\udc29 \ud801\udc42\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc4b\u0131\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc42\ud801\udc35\u0131\ud801\udc4a \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc4b, \ud801\udc45\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc45 \ud801\udc44\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc45 \ud801\udc39\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc28\ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc44\u0131\ud801\udc49-\ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc31\ud801\udc44\u0131\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc4b\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc3e\u0131\ud801\udc49), \ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc33\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc38\ud801\udc30\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc3c\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc42\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4b \ud801\udc12\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3e\u0131\ud801\udc4b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc19\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc30\ud801\udc4d\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc41\u0131\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49 /\u0252/.

\ud801\udc1c \ud801\udc39\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc18 \ud801\udc17, \ud801\udc03 \ud801\udc04, \ud801\udc1d \ud801\udc20, \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc40\ud801\udc4f\u0131\ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc21 \ud801\udc0f \ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc40\ud801\udc36\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc47\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc34 \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc39\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc46\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc45 vs. \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc45 \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc3f\u0131\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc46. \ud801\udc0d \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc33\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc45 \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc3f \ud801\udc29 \ud801\udc3f\u0131\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc42\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc48\u0131\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc02 \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc29 \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2d\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc02 + \ud801\udc0b, \ud801\udc45\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4b\u0131\ud801\udc4a\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2d \ud801\udc27 = \ud801\udc06 + \ud801\udc05 \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc26 = \ud801\udc09 + \ud801\udc06. (\ud801\udc1b\ud801\udc29\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc28\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc10\ud801\udc30\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc3f\u0131\ud801\udc4a \ud801\udc4f\ud801\udc46\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc29 \ud801\udc06 + \ud801\udc0b \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2d\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49 /juw/ \ud801\udc30\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc39\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f\u0131\ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2c\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc27 \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc4b \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49 /oj/ - \ud801\udc4b\ud801\udc29\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc28 \ud801\udc38\ud801\udc28 \ud801\udc39\ud801\udc49\u0131\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc35\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3b /uj/?)

\ud801\udc1d\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4b \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc36\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc42\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc34 \ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2c\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc29\ud801\udc47\u0131\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc44\u0131\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\u0131\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc46 - \ud801\udc11 \ud801\udc1b, \ud801\udc13 \ud801\udc22, \ud801\udc02 \ud801\udc1a, \ud801\udc0c \ud801\udc10, \ud801\udc23 \ud801\udc15 - \ud801\udc39\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc46\ud801\udc2d\ud801\udc4b\u0131\ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49 \ud801\udc49\ud801\udc28\ud801\udc46\u0131\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc46 \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc2a\ud801\udc4c\u0131\ud801\udc4b\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc39\ud801\udc45\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc4d.\u00a0

\ud801\udc0e\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc36\ud801\udc33\ud801\udc3c \ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc3f \ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2d \ud801\udc3c\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc34\ud801\udc42 \ud801\udc1f = /\u0283/ \ud801\udc41\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4b \ud801\udc44 \ud801\udc12\ud801\udc30\ud801\udc3f\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc28\u0131\ud801\udc4c \ud801\udc47\ud801\udc2c\n\n (\u03f8 = /\u0283/) \ud801\udc3a\ud801\udc32\ud801\udc3b \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc41\ud801\udc2b\ud801\udc49\ud801\udc3d\u0131\ud801\udc4c\u0131\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc4a\ud801\udc2e \ud801\udc44\ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc45 \ud801\udc2e\ud801\udc45 \ud801\udc32\ud801\udc4c\ud801\udc3b\ud801\udc2f\ud801\udc4c\u0131\ud801\udc3a\u0131\ud801\udc4a.

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