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An English spelling reform for GA and RP

Consonants

/ Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Laryngeal
Nasal m - n - ŋ -
Plosive p b - t d - k g -
Fricative f v þ /θ~ð/ s z š ž /ʃ ʒ/ x h
Affricate - - - c j /tʃ dʒ/ - -
Approximant w - r /ɹ/ y /j/ - -
Lat. approximant - - l - - -

Vowels

Short vowel Long vowel -i -u
a /a~ʌ/ á /æ/ ai /aɪ/ au /aʊ/
e /ə~ɨ/ é /ɛ/ ei /eɪ/ -
i /i~ɪ/ í /iː/ - -
o /ɒ/ ó /ɔ/ oi /ɔɪ/ å /əʊ/
u /ʊ/ ú /uː/ - -
aa /ɑ/ - - -

Alphabet

Letter Name Pronunciation Example
A a a ʌ, ɑ, a ap (up), far, Rosa
Á á á æ ásk (ask)
B b b bizi (busy)
C c cin (chin)
D d d din
E e e ə, ɨ kome (comma), tern (turn)
É é é ɛ éj (edge)
F f éf f faaþer (father)
G g g gud (good)
H h ha h hai (high)
I i i ɪ, i, j it, méni (many), hiú (hue)
Í í í ít (eat)
J j jó (jaw)
K k ka k kiŋ (king)
L l él l lav (love)
M m ém m maþer (mother)
N n én n, ŋ nír (near), drink
Ŋ ŋ éŋ ŋ siŋ (sing)
O o o ɒ od (odd)
Ó ó ó ɔ ól (all), óld (oldᴳᴬ)
P p p páþ (path)
Q q k Alternate way of writing ⟨k⟩ in loanwords
R r ér ɹ, ∅ᴿᴾ réd (red), þér (there)
S s és s, z san (sun), bois (boys)
Š š éš ʃ šeid (shade)
T t t taim (time)
U u u ʊ buk (book)
Ú ú ú úz (ooze)
V v v ván (van)
W w w waif (wife)
X x xa x lox (loch)
Y y j yaŋ (young)
Z z zet z zip
Ž ž ʒ vižen (vision)
Þ þ þórn θ, ð þiŋ (thing), þe (the)
Å å å əʊ låf (loaf), åld (oldᴿᴾ)

First Article of the UDHR

Ól hiúmen bíŋs ar bórn frí ánd íkwel in dignití ánd raits. Þei ar éndaud wiþ rízen ánd konšens ánd šud ákt tewordz wan enaþer in a spirit ev braþerhud.

(Artikel 1 ev þe Yúniversel Déklereišen ev Hiúmen Raits)

TheFinalGibbon

Now this is a pretty good english spelling reform ^(Don't know why you deleted the hellenization though)


TeenBall_9876

Thanks!


pcdandy

This alternate English orthography is actually not too bad, with an emphasis on a more 'continental' vowel pronunciation that is used in the rest of the Latin script-writing world. A while back I had also created [an alternate orthography with very similar principles in mind](https://alternatescriptbureau.wordpress.com/2021/07/09/yet-another-alternate-english-orthography-yaaeo/) with slightly different diacritic and digraph choices. The only issue I have would be referring to /æ/ and /ɛ/ as 'long vowels' - these are not long vowels by any measure, were you trying to group vowels into nice and neat 'short' and 'long' categories? Still, great job regardless!


TeenBall_9876

Thanks!


TeenBall_9876

First post!


Worthy_House_3672

Is this your first post? Because I remember your other posts. *Didn’t you make another Sinitic conlect? There was an account like this, but they deleted their account.*


TeenBall_9876

Yes, and I will make more.


SuonDiLut

This is the first logical spelling reform I've seen


Zireael07

I agree, this is a really nice spelling reform.