Language

Current Alphabet:

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

Proposed Alphabet:

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Yy Zz Þþ Əə

Proposed standardized representations:

Sounds in American Standard with singular representation

Vowels:

1. Ə = ə

2. Æ = Ah

3. Ɛ = eh

4. Ɪ = ih

5. Ɑ = aa

6. Ɒ = oh

7. Ʊ = uu

8. Ʌ = uh

9. Long A = A

10. Long E = E

11. Long I = I

12. Long O = O

13. Lax Long U = Oo

14. Long U = U

15. OI = oi

16. OU = ou

Consonants:

1. W = W

2. Y = Y

3. ɹ = R 

4. Light L = l

5. Dark L = ll

6. H = h

7. F = f

8. V = v

9. Th = Th

10. Th = Þþ

11. S = s

12. Z = z

13. Sh = sh

14. Zh = zh

15. P = p

16. B = b

17. T = t

18. D = d

19. Ch = ch

20. J  = j

21. K = K

22. G = G

23. Soft T = dd

24. M = m

25. N = n

26. NG = ng

27. NK = nk

28. Glottal stop = ‘

    Notes on sound exceptions and special circumstances or considerations

    1. Sounds such French EN, AU digraph, and aspirated WH that are already disappearing are completely replaced by sounds that are already more common place

    1. French EN for Short O + N

    2. AU Digraph for Short O or Lax Short A 

    3. Aspirated WH, just becomes a single W or H depending on the word’s real pronunciation.

    2. Lax Short A vs Short O or Cot/caught has been simplified by and large opting for the short O except in foreign loan words or words that have a+r, a+l, w+a, etc. pronunciation.

    3. Reductions are represented and standardized especially in those words where it is increasingly more common than the “True”/”Pure”/”Formal” pronunciation. Now as time continues some reductions I don’t include will become increasingly more prevalent but as this is a contemporary standardization, in a future time it will have to be done again also the need for distinction between similar words still exists so in some cases I still opt for a common spelling rather than pure phonemic transcription.

    1. ING becomes ENG mainly in the case of gerunds or cases where the number of syllables or preceding consonants do not allow for the reduction or in esse causes uncomfortability.

    2.  ING becomes ihn in cases where the reduction is more common than the full pronunciation or where the verb is not operative/focus/or stressed in the sentence.

    3. Small prepositions and articles as ‘to’, ‘of’, ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’ will also use their schwa variants.

    4. T+R, D+R, T+u/yu, D+u/yu are all represented with the actual sounds pronounced so they become CHR, JR, CHU/CHOO, JU/JOO

    5. AND and other similar words that based on local accent, speed, stress, or tone that can have upwards of 4 different variations I opt for a single standard word.

    6. Words like TO and OF than can be reduced to just a schwa I have opted for a single standard spelling that includes the schwa and the associated consonant to avoid misunderstandings.

    4. Syllabic r and syllabic l are represented with ə + r and ə + ll but are not especially distinguishable from unstressed Schwa + R or Dark L. Although I determine that it is not necessary as this is purely a pronunciation based distinction rather than one that is explicitly necessary for clarity when reading.

    5. Silent letters and final stops have been completely removed except in the case of final stops for the first half of compound words or at the end of first syllables with complex vowels ex. OUTSTANDING = Ou’stahndeng

    6. X and Q are removed as they are used for very particular sets of sounds that can be represented simply and more clearly in other ways. X for ks, gz, ksh, gzh, z, or silence in the case of FAUX while Q is for k or kw. By extension C has been kept only for distinguishing the CH sound but removed in every other case for the s or z. Although possibly just using C could be possible instead of CH, as it isn’t used for anything else in this proposal and cuts down on the amount of H’s present in the writing. *Under consideration*

    7. Y has been simplified to just be used for representing the consonant sound and none of the vowels.

    8. Double dd has been used to represent the flap or soft t as in most cases unless by a specialized teacher the sound is already explained to learners as a d sound or quick d sound. While in reality this sound is nearer physically to the flap/tap r phoneme using the everyday explanation and connecting it to the placement of the trill/tap r could help students to better make the connection and much more easily produce/understand the sound. Also I suspect that it gets rid of any confusion caused by the T or TT.

    9. Thorn Þþ have been added only to help differentiate between the voiced and unvoiced. TH is already widely recognizable and so I have opted to keep it for unvoiced TH like “with” while the thorn is for words with the voiced/vibrated version found in common words like “That, This, Them, The”

    10. Schwa and its IPA symbol was added to represent all reduced vowel sounds in the language as across American accents ease of articulation has permeated as the primary motivator of pronunciation change and led to reductions not solely in consonant pronunciation or omission but across vowel sounds especially among common or essential prefixes and suffixes (Pre, De-, Re-, be-, com, anti, col-, -tion/cial/sion/cian/, -s, -ed etc.) and has even omitted many central vowel sounds (business, every, camera, catholic, history)

        EXAMPLES

        Transcription of words

        Market, Running, Teacher, Pillow, Finger, Water, Winter, Happy, Follow, Nation, Tomato, Delicious, Elephant, Banana, Computer, Remember, Disaster, Tomorrow, Surrender, Vacation, Vocabulary, Regulation, Celebration, Impossible, Contagious, Information, Incredible, Determined, Community, Adventure, Acceleration, Communication, Imagination, Responsibility, Identification, Cooperation, Opportunity, Consideration, Investigation, Abomination, Unintentionally, Disproportionate, Misinterpretation, Incomprehensible, Individuality, Unbelievable, Disadvantageous, Personification, Instrumentation, Miscommunication.

        Maarkiht, Ruhnihn, Techər, Pihlo, Waaddər, Wihn’ər, Hahpe, Fohlo, Nashən, Təmaddo, Dəlihshəs, Ehləfənt, Baanahnə, Kəmpuddər, Rəmehmbər, Dəsahstər, Təmohro, Suhrehndər, Vakashən, Vokahbulehre, Rehgulashən, Sehləbrashən, Ihmpohsihbll, Kəntajəs, Ihnformashən, Ihnkrehdihbll, Dətərmihnd, Kəmunihde, Ahdvehnchər, Ahksehlərashən, Kəmunihkashən, Ihmajihnashən, Rəspohnsihbihlihdde, Idehntihfihkashən, Koohpərashən, Ohportoonihdde, Kuhnsihdərashən, Ihnvehstihgashən, Əbohmihnashən, Uhnihntehnshənəle, Dihsprəporshənət,

        Mihsihntərprətashən, Ihnkohmprəhehnsəbll, Ihndəvihduahlihdde, Uhnbəlevəbll, Dihsahdvahntajəs, Pərsohnihfihkashən, Ihnstruhmehntashən, Mihskuhmunihkashən.

        
        

        Cat, Dog, Sun, Moon, Star, Light, Dark, Tree, Grass, Sky, Cloud, Rain, Snow, Wind, Fire, Ice, Stone, Brick, Wall, Roof, Door, Floor, Chair, Desk, Book, Pen, Clock, Hand, Foot, Head, Face, Eye, Nose, Mouth, Ear, Leg, Arm, Back, Chest, Shirt, Pants, Shoes, Hat, Ring, Watch, Phone, Glass, Plate, Spoon, Fork.

        Kaht, Dohg, Suhn, Moon, Staar, Lit, Daark, Tre, Grahs, Ski, Kloud, Ran, Sno, Wihnd, Fiər, Is, Ston, Brihk, Wall, Roof, Dor, Flor, Chehr, Dehsk, Buuk, Pehn, Clohk, Hahnd, Fuut, Hehd, Fas, I, Nos, Mouð, Eər, Lag, aarm, Bahk, Chehst, Shərt, Pahns, Shooz, Haht, Reng, Waach, Fon, Glahs, Plat, Spoon, Fork.

        
        

        Thin, Thick, Think, Thought, Thirst, Thunder, Throat, Thread, Thrive, Thump, Thumb, Thug, Thatch, Theme, Theft, Thorn, Thrill, Three, Thrice, Throw, Thrust, Throb, Thanks, Theater, Thee, That, This, These, Those, They, Them, Their, There, Though, Brother.

        Thihn, Thihk, Thenk, Thoht, Thərst, Thuhndər, Throt, Threhd, Thriv, Thəmp, Thəm, Thəg, Thahch, Them, Theft, Thorn, Thrihll, Thre, Thris, Thro, Thruhst, Throhb, Thanks, Thetər, Þe, Þaht, Þihs, Þez, Þoz, Þa, Þehm, Þehr, Þehr, Þo, Bruhþər.

        X-ray, Xylophone, Xenon, Xerox, Xylitol, Xenophobia, Xylem, Xiphoid, Xanthin, Xylophonist, Excite, Exact, Example, Exotic, Exceed, Expose, Exhaust, Extend, Explain, Expand, Exclude, Exercise, Expire, Explosion, External, Fox, Box, Mix, Six, Fix, Ax, Wax, Relax, Prefix, Climax, Duplex, Syntax, Vortex, Latex, Index.

        Ehks-ra,  Zilofon, Zenohn, Zerohks, Zenofobeə, Ziləm, Zihfoid. Zahnðihn, Zilofonihst, Ehksit, Ehgzahkt, Ehgzahmpll, Ehgzohtihk, Ehksced, Ehgzaast, Ehkstehnd, Ehgzplan, Ehgzpahnd, Eksklood, Ehgzərsiz, Ekspiər, Ehksplozhən, Ehkstərnll, Fohks, Bohks, Mihks, Siks, Fihks, Ahks, Wahks, Rehlahks, Prefihks, Klimahks, Dooplehks, Sihntahks, Vortehks, Latehks, Ihndehks.

        Artist, Mountain, Wintertime, Lantern, Sunset, Gentle, Riverbank, Candlestick, Notebook, Journey, Forgetful, Relocate, Delightful, Fantastic, Absentminded, Butterfly, Celebrate, Discovery, Remembering, Generation, Enormous, Invisible, Attention, Electrician, Reflection, Satisfaction, Volunteer, Decoration, Conversation, Examination, Rejuvenation, Navigation, Rehabilitation, Accommodation, Observation, Environmental, Disorientation, Undeniable, Hospitality, Qualification, Acceleration.

        Aartihst, Mou’ihn, Wihnərtim, Lahn’ərn, Suhnseht, Gen’ll, Rihvərbank, Kahndllstihk, Notbuuk, Jərne, Fərgehtfll, Relokat, Dəlitfll, Fahntahstihk, Ahbsehntmindihd, Buhddərfli, Sehləbrat, Dihskuhvəre, Rəmehmbərihng, Gehnərashən, Ehnorməs, Ihnvihsihbll, Ətehnshən, Ehləkrihshən, Rəflehkshən, Sahtihsfahkshən, Vohlənter, Dehkorashən, Cohnvərsashən, Ehgzamihnashən, Rəjuvihnashən, Nahvihgashən, Reəbihlihtashən, Əkohmihdashən, Ohbsərvashən, Ehnviərnmehntll, Dihsoreihntashən, Uhndehniəbll, Hohspihtalihdde, Kwaalihfihkashən, 

        Alexander, Benjamin, Charlotte, Daniel, Eleanor, Felix, Gabriella, Henry, Isabella, Jacob, Katherine, Leonardo, Madison, Nathaniel, Olivia, Patrick, Quinn, Raphael, Sophia, Theodore, Ursula, Victor, William, Xander, Yasmine, Zachary, Amara, Bastien, Celeste, Diego, Elise, Finn, Giselle, Hugo, Ingrid, Javier, Kiara, Luca, Mireille, Nico, Ophelia, Pierre, Quentin, Rosalind, Santiago, Thalia, Ulysses, Violeta, Wesley, Zephyr.

        Ahlehksahndər, Behnjaamihn, Shaarliht, Dahnyll, Ehlaanor, Felihks, Gahbreehlə, Hehnre, Ihsaabehlaa, Jakəb, Kathrihn, Leonaardo, Mahdihsən, Naathahnll, Ohlihveə, Pahtrihk, Kwihn, Rahfiehll, Sofeə, Theodor, Ərsuhlə, Vihktər, Wihlyəm, Zahndər, Yahzmihn, Zahkəre, Əmaarə, Bahstyaan, Sehlehst, Deago, Ehles, Fihn, Jihzehll, Hugo,Ihngrihd, Hohvyər, Keaarə, Lookə, Merie, Neko, Ofeleə, Peehr, Kwehntihn, Rohzəlihnd, Sohnteohgo, Tahleə, Ulihsez, Vyolehtə, Wehsle, Zehfər.

        Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Honduras, India, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, Washington, Texas, California, Ontario, Bavaria, Tuscany, Patagonia, Sahara, Amazon, Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Pyrenees, Nile, Mississippi, Ganges, Danube, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean, Arctic, and Baltic Sea.

        Ahfrihkə, Ahntaarddihka, Azhə, Ohstraliə, Yərəp, North, North, Əmehrihkə, South Əmehrihkə, Aarjehntenə, Braazihl, Kahnədə, Dehnmaark, Ejihpt, Frahns, Jərməne, Hohndoorəs, Ihndeə, Jəpahn, Kehnyə, Lehbənohn, Mehksihko, Nijereə, Omohn, Portugəll, Kaataar, Ruhshə, Span, Tilahnd, Ukran, Veehtnohm, Wohshengtən, Tehksəs, Kahlihfornyə, Ohntehrio, Baavaareə, Tuhskəne, Pahddaagoneə,  Səhehrə, Ahmaazohn, Hihmaalayəz, Ahndez, Ahllps, Pihrənez, Nill, Mihsihsihpe, Gahnjez, Daahnub, Pəsihfihk, Oshən, Ahtlahntihk Oshən, Mehdihtəraneən Se, Kehrihbeən Se, Aartihk, ahnd Baaltihk Se.

        Transcription of Simple Sentences

        The wintertime celebration brought the community together with music, food, and laughter.

        Þə wihnərtim, sehləbrashən, broht þe kəmunihde, təgehþər, wihth, muzihk, food, ahnd, lahftər.
        
        

        His imagination ran wild as he sketched an enormous castle floating above the clouds.

        Hihz ihmagihnashən rahn willd ahz he skehcht ahn ehnorməs kahsll floddeng əbuhv þe cloudz.
        
        

        After months of rehabilitation, she finally regained her strength and returned to volunteer at the animal shelter.

        Ahftər muhnths əv reəbihlihtashən, she finale rəgand hər strangth ahnd rətərnd tə vohluhnter aht þə ahnihmll shehlltər.
        
        

        The electrician worked carefully to fix the faulty wiring in the old lantern.

        Þə elehktrihshən wərkt, kehrfle tə fihks þə faallte wireng ihn þə old lahntərn
        
        

        During the investigation, the detectives gathered information from witnesses to solve the case.

        Dərihn þə ihnvehstihgashən, þe dehtehktihvs gahþərd ihnformashən frəm wih’nəsihz tə sohlv þə kas.
        
        

        The reflection of the mountains in the lake made the view even more breathtaking.

        Þə rəflehkshən əv þe mou’ihns ihn þə lak mad þə vu evihn mor brehthtakeng.
        
        

        His qualification for the job depended on passing the final examination.

        Hihz kwaalihfihkashən fər þe johb dəpehndihd ohn pahseng þə finll egzahmihnashən
        
        

        The scientist’s discovery led to a major breakthrough in environmental research.

        Þə siehntihst’s dihskəvəre lehd tə a majər brakthroo ihn ehnvirənmehntll resərch.
        
        

        After a long journey, their destination was a peaceful accommodation by the beach.

        Ahftər a lohng jərne, þehr dehstihnashən wəz a pesfll əkohmihdashən bi þe bech.
         

        The teacher's consideration for her students' needs made the classroom a welcoming place.

        Þə techər’z cənsihdərashən fər hər stoodən’s’ nedz mad þə clasroom a wehlcəmeng plas.

        
        Transcription of poetry and prose

        A Glimpse by Walt Whitman
        

        A glimpse through an interstice caught,

        Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room around 

        the stove late of a winter night,

        and I unremark’d seated in a corner,

        Of a youth who loves me and whom I love, silently

         approaching and seating himself near,

        that he may hold me by the hand,

        A long while amid the noises of coming and going, of

        drinking and oath and smutty jest,

        There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking

        little, perhaps not a word.

        
        

        A Glihmps bi Wahlt Wihtmən

        A Glihmps throo ahn ihntərstihs koht

        Əv a croud əv workmehn ahnd drivərz ihn a baar-room əround

        Þə stov lat əv a wihntər nit,

        Ahnd I uhnrəmaarkt seddəd ihn a cornər,

        Əv a uth hoo luhvz me ahnd hoom I luhv, siləntle

        əprocheng hand seddeng hihmsehllf ner,

        Þaht he ma hold me bi þe hahnd,

        A lohng will əmihd þe noizəs əv cəmihn ahnd goihn, əv

        jrihnkihn ahnd oth ahnd smuhdde jehst,

        Þehr we too, kuhnehnt, hahpe, ihn beihn təgehþərm spekihn

        Lihddll, pərhahps noht a wərd.

        Excerpt from Beyond good and evil by Nietzche

        
        

        O sancta simplicitas! In what strange simplification and falsification man lives! One can never cease wondering when once one has got eyes for beholding this marvel! How we have made everything around us clear and free and easy and simple! how we have been able to give our senses a passport to everything superficial, our thoughts a godlike desire for wanton pranks and wrong inferences!—how from the beginning, we have contrived to retain our ignorance in order to enjoy an almost inconceivable freedom, thoughtlessness, imprudence, heartiness, and gaiety—in order to enjoy life! And only on this solidified, granite-like foundation of ignorance could knowledge rear itself hitherto, the will to knowledge on the foundation of a far more powerful will, the will to ignorance, to the uncertain, to the untrue! Not as its opposite, but—as its refinement! It is to be hoped, indeed, that LANGUAGE, here as elsewhere, will not get over its awkwardness, and that it will continue to talk of opposites where there are only degrees and many refinements of gradation; it is equally to be hoped that the incarnated Tartuffery of morals, which now belongs to our unconquerable "flesh and blood," will turn the words round in the mouths of us discerning ones. Here and there we understand it, and laugh at the way in which precisely the best knowledge seeks most to retain us in this SIMPLIFIED, thoroughly artificial, suitably imagined, and suitably falsified world: at the way in which, whether it will or not, it loves error, because, as living itself, it loves life!

        
        

        Ehksərpt frohm Beohnd guud ahnd evll bi Neche

        
        O sancta simplicitas! Ihn waat stranj sihmplihfihkashən ahnd faalsihfihkashən mahn lihvz! Wən kahn nehvər ses wuhndəreng wihn wənz wən hahz goht iz for bəholdeng þihs maarvll! Hou we hahv mad ehvretheng əround uhs cler ahnd fre ahnd eze ahnd sihmpll! hou we hahv bihn abll tə gihv our sehnsəz a pahsport tə ehvretheng soopərfihshəll, our thohts a gohdlik dəzir for waantən pranks ahnd rohng ihnfrənsəz!—hou frohm þə bəgihneng, we hahv cəntrivd tə rətan our ihgnorəns ihn ordər tə ehnjoi an aalmost ihncəncevəbll fredəm, thohtləssnəss, ihmproodəns, haarddenəss, ahnd gaihdde—ihn ordər tə ehnjoi lif! Ahnd onle ohn þis səlihdihfid, grahniht-lik foundashən əv ihgnorəns cuud nohləj rer ihtsehlf hiþərtoo, þə wihll tə nohləj ohn þə foundashən əv a faar mor pouərfll wihll, þə wihll tə ihgnorəns, tə þə uhnsər’ən, tə þə uhnchroo! Noht ahz ihts ohpəziht, buht—ahz ihts rəfinmənt! Iht ihz tə be hopt, ihnded, þaht LANGWƏJ, her ahz ehlswehr, wihll noht geht ovər ihts aakwərdnəss, ahnd þaht iht wihll cəntihnu tə tohk əv ohpəsihts wehr þehr aar onle dəgrez ahnd mehny rəfinmənts əv grədashən; iht ihz ekwəle tə be hopt þaht þə ihnkaarnatəd Taartuhfəre əv morllz, wihch nou bəlongz tə our uhnkohnkərəbll "flehsh ahnd bluhd," wihll tərn þə wərds round ihn þe mouths əv uhs dihsərneng wənz. Her ahnd þehr we uhndərstahnd iht, ahnd lahf aht þə wa ihn wihch prəsislle þə behst nohləj seks most tə rətan uhz ihn þihs SIHMPLƏFID, thəruhle aarddihfihshll, sooddəble ihmahjihnd, ahnd sooddəble faalsihfid wərld: aht þə wa ihn wihch, wehþər iht wihll or noht, iht luhvz ehrər, bəcəz, ahz lihveng ihtsehlf, iht luhvz lif!

        Transcription of one of my own poems.

        It’s Hard to be a God

        
        

        Stepping upon the rays

        As they shatter in the billows sway

        Leaping from blues to grays

        Bounding from green to blaze

        Hopping upon indigo to end up in the gaze

        Twain eyes in the welkin become a face

        and if you break your pace

        What good was it to walk upon beams

        What good was it to durst the waves

        What watches Soughts the style and the form

        nought the narrative or the lore

        It seeks to see the art to outgrow

        It dreamed the names and the hopes

        but all the same wants alone

        to see how the work transforms

        Even the Gardner who puts the cage the stick or builds the itty knoll

        Can never wholly control how or if the sapling will grow

        Then what more

        Only the serious artist knows

        That after its curiosity what it yearns for

        Is that It persist fore

        
        
        

        Iht’s Haard tə be a Gohd
        

        Stehpeng uhpohn þe raz

        Ahz þa shahtər ihn þe bihloz swa

        Lepihn frohm blooz tə graz

        Boundeng frohm gren tə blaz

        Hohpin uhpohn ihndihgo tə end uhp ihn þe gaz

        Twan iz ihn þe wehlkihn bəkuhm a fas

        ahnd ihf u brak yər pas

        Waat guud wəz iht tə waak uhpohn bemz

        Waat guud waz iht tə dərst þe wavz

        Waat wachihz Sohts þə still ahnd þe form

        noht þe nehrəddihv or þe lor

        Iht seks tə se þə aart tə outgro

        Iht dremd þə namz hand þe hops

        Buht aall þə sam vans əlon

        Tə se hou þə wərk trahnsformz

        Evihn þə  gaardnər hoo puuts þe kaj þe stihk or bihldz þe iddy noll

        Kahn nehvər holle kəntrol hou or ihf þə sahpleng will gro

        Þehn waat mor

        Onle þe sereəs aartihst noz

        Þaht ahftər ihts cyəreohsihte waat iht yərnz for

        Ihs þaht Iht pərsihst for