A Complete Guide to Reading and Writing the Deseret Alphabet
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Table of contents
- Preface
- 1. An Alphabet is Born
- 2. The Structure of the Deseret Alphabet
- 2.1The Sounds of English
- 2.1.1The International Phonetic Alphabet
- 2.1.2Practical Phonetic System
- 2.1.3Distinction between /ɔ/ and /ɑ/
- 2.2Deseret Alphabet Spelling Conventions
- 2.2.1Deseret Letter Syllabic Values
- 2.2.2Distinction between 𐐱, 𐐪 and 𐐫
- 2.2.3Distribution of /ɑ/ /æ/ /ɔ/ and /ɒ/ in American and British English
- 2.2.4Distinction between /ə/ and /ʌ/
- 2.2.5Deseret Representation of /ə/
- 2.2.6Rhotic and Non-Rhotic English
- 2.2.7British /ɜ/ and American /ɹ/
- 2.2.8British /ə/ and American /ɹ/
- 2.2.9Distinguishing /æ/ /ɛ/ and /ei/ before /ɹ/
- 2.2.10Distinguishing /ju/ and /u/ after Coronal Consonants
- 2.2.11Distinguishing /ɔ/ and /o/ before /ɹ/
- 3. Deseret Alphabet Workbook
- 3.1About this Chapter
- 3.1.1Using this Workbook
- 3.2Deseret Alphabet Exercises
- 3.2.1𐐿, 𐐻, 𐐹, 𐐮 and 𐐱
- 3.2.2𐑀, 𐐼, 𐐺, 𐐨 and 𐐫
- 3.2.3𐑍 , 𐑌, 𐑋, 𐐯 and 𐐭
- 3.2.4𐐽, 𐑅, 𐑃, 𐑁, 𐐩 and 𐐳
- 3.2.5𐐾, 𐑆, 𐑄, 𐑂, 𐐰 and 𐐬
- 3.2.6𐑊, 𐑇, 𐐸, 𐐲 and 𐐴
- 3.2.7𐐷, 𐑈, 𐑉, 𐐶, 𐐪 and 𐐵
- 3.2.8Digraphs 𐐸𐐶, 𐐲𐑉, 𐐯𐑉, 𐐱𐐮 and 𐐮𐐭
- 3.3Book of Mormon Reading Exercise
- 4. Archaic and Alternate Deseret Characters
- 5. The Modern Deseret Alphabet
- 5.1Revival of Deseret Alphabet
- 5.1.1Objectives
- 5.1.2How to Use this Chapter
- 5.2Structure of the Modern Deseret Alphabet
- 5.2.1The Letter 𐐱 in the Modern Deseret Alphabet
- 5.2.2The Names of the Letters
- 5.2.3The Modern Deseret Alphabet Representation of /i/
- 5.2.4Representation of /ə/ in the Modern Deseret Alphabet
- 5.2.5The Digraph 𐐸𐐶
- 5.2.6Distinguishing 𐐫 and 𐐪 in Modern Deseret Spellings
- 5.3The Exercises
- Notes