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𐑲 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑛 {ichor|𐑲𐑒𐑷} 𐑑𐑵𐑛𐑲 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑩 𐑐𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑽 𐑪𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑥𐑰. 𐑲 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑓𐑳𐑯 𐑑 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑩 𐑥𐑰𐑥 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑻𐑛. 𐑲 𐑓𐑨𐑫𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑥𐑰𐑥 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑥𐑰𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑦𐑑. 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑱𐑝𐑼 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑛 𐑞 𐑜𐑱𐑥 𐑦𐑑'𐑕 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥, 𐑝𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑔𐑦𐑯𐑒 𐑦𐑑'𐑩 𐑩 𐑒𐑵𐑤 𐑓𐑮𐑱𐑟.

𐑲 𐑓𐑨𐑫𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑡 𐑪𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑨𐑫𐑑 ·𐑲𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑲𐑯'𐑕 𐑮𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑦𐑑𐑕

This is the Shavian community: a community to practice reading and writing with the Shavian alphabet.

The Shavian alphabet is a phonetic alphabet for the English language: in Shavian, you write a word the way you pronounce it. For more information you can check out the alphabet chart on the wiki page here.

The Shavian alphabet was proposed by the 20th century playwright George Bernard Shaw, and created after his death. Shaw was passionate about phonetic writing, and wrote some of his literary works in shorthand.
So how about you, why might you want to learn the Shavian alphabet? Maybe you're...

• a writer too, and want to experiment with writing phonetically
• a non-native English speaker and you want to read English as it's pronounced
• generally interested in linguistics, and want to play with a new toy
• interested in learning a language, but don't have the time or inclination. Settle for learning an alphabet instead!

Just want to practice reading? Subscribe and get a few morsels of Shavian script in your feed every day.
If you want to write, come and give it a go! For text input, you have a few options. If you're a Linux user and like to keep it simple, here's a Shavian XKB layout you can edit as you wish. Otherwise, shavian.info has some keyboard resources.

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𐑲'𐑥 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑿𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑝𐑺𐑰 𐑕𐑤𐑴, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑳𐑛 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑓 𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑑𐑼𐑟.

𐑲'𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑦𐑛𐑤 𐑝 𐑮𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑲 𐑯𐑿 𐑘𐑽'𐑟 𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑤𐑵𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟.
𐑤𐑭𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑽, 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑯'𐑑 𐑮𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑳𐑓𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑰 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑜𐑴𐑤𐑟, 𐑕𐑴 𐑷𐑤𐑞𐑴 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑩𐑗𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑩𐑥, 𐑲 𐑨𐑒𐑗𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑰 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑯'𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑜𐑮𐑧𐑕 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑛 𐑑.
𐑲'𐑥 𐑮𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑷 𐑒𐑺𐑓𐑩𐑧𐑰 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑲𐑥, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑'𐑕 𐑑𐑲𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑑𐑲𐑥!

𐑲 𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑰 𐑒𐑨𐑫𐑯𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑢𐑫𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑤𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑚𐑰𐑗.
𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑰𐑗 𐑩𐑒𐑱𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲'𐑝 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑴 𐑓𐑿 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑷𐑑𐑕𐑴, 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑚𐑨𐑫𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛.
𐑘𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑯 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑷 𐑲𐑟 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞 𐑤𐑪𐑙, 𐑕𐑗𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑣𐑼𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑟 𐑥𐑰 𐑔 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑟 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞 𐑑𐑪𐑐 𐑝 𐑩 𐑥𐑨𐑫𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑯 𐑛𐑨𐑫𐑯 𐑩𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑝 𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑯𐑴. 𐑘𐑫𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑜 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑩𐑥𐑨𐑫𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑪𐑤𐑝𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑜𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯!