| / | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | - | n | - | ŋ |
| Plosive | p b | - | t d | - | k g |
| Fricative | f v | þ ð | - | hj | ch |
| Sib. fricative | - | - | s z | š ž | - |
| Affricate | - | - | - | c dž | - |
| Approximant | w | - | r | j | - |
| Lat. approximant | - | - | l | - | - |
| Short vowel | Long vowel |
|---|---|
| a /ʌ~ə/ | á /ɑ/ |
| ä /æ/ | e /ɛ/ |
| y /ɪ/ | i /iː/ |
| å /ɒ/ | ó /ɔː/ |
| ö /ʊ/ | u /uː/ |
| -i | -u |
|---|---|
| ai /aɪ/ | au /aʊ/ |
| ei /eɪ/ | - |
| oi /ɔɪ/ | o /əʊ/ |
A Á B C D Ð E F G H Ch I J K L M N Ŋ O Ó P R S Š T U V W Y Z Ž Þ Å Ä Ö
Their names are:
a á be ce de eð e ef ge há cha i jåt ka el em en eŋ o ó pe er es eš te u ve wu y zed že þorn å ä ö
Ál hjuman biyŋs ár born fri änd ikwöl yn dygnyti änd raits. Þei ár endaud wyð rizan änd kånšyns änd šöd äkt tuwords wan anaðör yn a spiryt av braðörhöd.
By - word_hunter
It's cool you can use IPA in a creative way. But for me, this looks scary! I am sure if we were taught this from a young age it would be easy to read. English is so difficult for ESL learners because of the differences in spelling and pronunciation.
Then **I** will make an English spelling reform.
If you are using ŋ eng, þ thorn, and ð eth, why not also use ʃ esh and ʒ ezh? Diacritics over vowels are bad enough, but over consonants?
Because Š and Ž are better for orthography.
why differentiate θ & ð?
We differ T from D, S from Z, SH from J, K from G, F from V. There's no reason not to differ θ from ð.
are they not allophones?
>are they not allophones? In Old English they were.
ok, and how are they not today?
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Linguistics/Book%3A\_How\_Language\_Works\_(Gasser)/04%3A\_Word\_Forms\_-\_Processes/4.08%3A\_Problems#:\~:text=In%20Modern%20English%2C%20as%20you,%2C%20%5B%CE%B8%2C%20%C3%B0%5D.
I really like this idea. English vowels are always a pain in the ass aren't they
If you want a perfect 1:1 sound to glyph ratio just use IPA, everyone knows it. Also, you may be interested in Shavian, it's a completely different script and covers all of English diphthongs and shit. If we're reforming we might go all out.
This looks like an Estono-Icelandic pidgin.
If you want real phonetic English, you should see Shavian. It is a different script and covers all phonemes, including R-colored vowels.