Extended lphabets

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Hitchhiked Orthographies
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Michael Avinor advocates using new characters instead of digraphs, upper case letters, or diacritics. Such devices are aesthetically offensive.  

Here is a phonemic transcription in Unifon, a writing system that uses capital letters rather than digraphs to distinguish sounds. 

SE wQlkt ckros Dc landiN, and in Dc hQl bclO Dc grandfqDcr klok softly CImd.  Der wcz c smel cv poliS, Dc landiN wcz dim and kul.  BinET hcr ber fEt Dc rugz wcr soft.  Tru Dc glum SE cvd mAk aut Dc kqrvd mchogcny cv Dc banistcrz, spirclz and kcrlikUz.  mis digz wcz wAtiN for hcr. Dc muzik Opcn on Dc pianO.  Der wcr rOzcz in c bOl and a smel av rOzez in Dc rum.  SE plAd Dc bqk, Dc minUet in G.  Uv praktist," mis digz sed, "I kan tel Uv praktist, ElizcbeD." SE went on plAiN.  Dc nOtz kAm Ezily and SE kvdcnt cndcrstand it bikoz SE hadcnt praktist at Ql.

Altho 90% phonemic, you will probably find this transcription the easiest to read. 
Shi wolkt acros the landing, and in the hawl below the grandfaather clock softly chaimd.  Therr was a smel av paalish, the landing waz dim and cuul.  Benieth her berr fiet the ruggz wer soft.  Thru the gluum, she cud meik out the caarvd mahogany of the banisterz, spiralz and curlicyuuz.  Miss Diggz waz weiting for her.  The miuzic oapen on the piano.  Therr wer roazaz in a boal and a smell av roazaz in the ruum.  She pleid the Baac, The Minniuet in G. " Yuuvd pracktist," Miss Diggz sed, "Ai can tell yuuvd pracktist, Elizabeth."  Shi went on pleying.  The noatz keim iesly and shi cudant unnderstand it becoz shi hadnt pracktist aet awl. 

The 48 letter alphabet for 42 phonemes 26 letters are not enough and three of the tradtiional letters are redundant. The problem letters are the 20  vowels, semi-vowels, and  diphthongs.  a ago sofa aa are alms ae at back ai I ice eye b bib c  k/s cent Ch tsh church d did e. edge any er ur murder ei/ey vein they f ph fife g gu gig h silent hot choc i/y city ie E easy iezy j ge judge k/c kick L* littl m* prism n*  none nun ng ring bank o. aa otter o aw  or awe oa ow oat owe oi oy oil boy ou au out cow p pop Qu-Kw quick r* roar s sis says Sh shin rush t tot tip Dh the thy Th thin u. x* up putt u w* put law uu u ooze yu iu use ur surfer v valv of w* wig wear wh hw where x ks fix - fiks y yield *y very z zulu is zh Z measure ie marks the long e in eel [iel] and field  iu marks the long u in fuel [fiul] ii could mark the long i but this is the same as ie. ia does not mark the long A [ei] io does not mark the long O [oa] [radio][rodeo]

42 letter alphabet for Spanglish

The usual argument against the Saxon alphabet is that English speakers will not use [ai] for eye or [eis] for ace.  English tends to be logographic [one spelling per word] rather than phonographic [one spelling per sound].  The alphabet above is a phonographic alphabet, there is a symbol [letter or letter combination -  sometimes two] for every sound and these symbols are not used to reference other sounds.  In this system [cou] cannot be spelled [cow] becuase that letter combinations is used in [rowing] . 
The w distinguishes rows [a plural] from roaz. coz = cawz where o is the short o and aw is the long o in tawt. sauerkraut = sourkrout  allow=alau.

These are all rather arbitrary distinctions to handle words that were historically pronounced quite different than we pronounce them today.

bayou=baayu.  Usually pronounced  "by you"  = bai yu

In Camelot, words were pronounced the way they were spelled.  This is quasi mythical because English words were never pronounced exactly the same in all regions.  However, the regional difference would often turn up in the way these dialects of English were written.  [bury] was spelled that way because it was not pronunced [berry].  bury is not one of the words that have to be respelled since if were pronounced as it is spelled, it would still be understood in context.  [All] on the other hand, is a good candidate for respelling because it should rhyme with [shall]. 

There are a few letters that cannot be given a single interpretation.  o is ah or awe.  Spanglish uses the double consonant to indicate the short [aa] sound in pot. 

Thus [small] used to be pronounced smaal so it would be corect to spell this pronunciation smoll.  [all] is an irregular spelling because it does not rhyme with [shall].  [under untill unity]  what is the difference in the two [un] spellings.  [unnder, antill, iunity/yuunity] would be the Spanglish spellings.  [antill] looks like [annthil]   but the stress is different. 
 

a ae A  ei q=are b C=ch d c ago E yield R =cr f g h i I ci j k l  L m  M n cn N ng o=awe O cw w ou oi p r s S t D dhe T thin x ^ u ew U yu v w Z y z

 

Good chart, bad colors
Another name for a broad transcription, ambiguity
Unifon 2 Correspondences, green letters are revised from Unifon 1

short checkt	long free	compounds	r-compound
a  /ae/ [at, add]	q/a:/ [alms, are]	I /ai/ [ice, eye, ire]	qr [are] ar Ir
e  [el, edj]	c /@/ [ago, sofa]	A /ei/ [ape]	er [air, care there]
i  [it, ill]	E /i:/ [eel, he]	oi[oil boy]	ir [ear, irrate]
q [odd] o	Q/o:/ [awed, taut]	O /ou/ [ode, oat]	or [for, tore]
v /u/ [hook put]	u/u:/  [ooze, hoop]	U/ju/ [you, Use Uz]	ur [poor, tour]
x /^/ up  xpcr	R/3/ [herder]	au[out cow kraut]	aur [our, tower]

In GA odd is pronounced aad or qd.  In RP odd is Qp or closer to awed.
lQ  lO   lIf 
o could be ambiguous and q could be the long awe as in bQt
In non-rhotic speech, r is dropped and often replaced with schwa air=e@
Sample text: ^izcnt it qd hau od scm pEpl qr wiD Dc lEniN taur cv pEzc.
^bUtifcl prinses

Until I hear the critiques, I am quite satisfied with keyboard Unifon II shown above.
-cntil I hir Dc kritEks, I am kwIt satisfId wiT kEbord UnifOn II shOn cbxv.
-Dc kritEks hav bin wiT rispect tu Dc Cois csInmcnt cv u and U.
-U go in sirkclz on Dis.  -WE du nqt Uz w bcKoz wE nEd bOT for [w] and [hw].
W is nqt a vaul in U2. eksept in hw=huen, W, U, L, and M qr silcbclz.
W is not a vaul in U2 exept in hw for huen. 

The choice is partially determined by the 
Do you want a phonogram for every sound
You can truncate later
 

Each vowel letter is associated with a 1 or 2 short & long sounds and an unstressed sound ltr Alternatives A  aesh, ago, are  E  eh, earth, the, they I  it, pier, very, aisle, ice O  pot/paat/, awe, owe U  up, hook, hoop, use The default unstressed pronunciation of stand alone letters is shown above in bold

 The shapes of the phonograms on the Unifont [shown in green] are less certain.
-Dc SAps cv Dc fOncgramz on Dc Unifont [SOn in grEn] qr les sRtcn. 

The O's and the U's sometimes show three alternative shapes.

-I qm nqt lvking for inovAScn hir, sO DA lvk very similcr tu IPA.
-Wqt du U TiNk cv Da mircrd J for Da "HOOK" fOnogram?

David did not like x for schwa because this would mean that about 40% of the vowels would be x's.
-dAvid did nqt lIk X for Swq bicoz Dis wud mEn Dat cbaut 40% cv Dc vaulz wvd bE X's.

-Dy fOncgramz qr dizInd sO Dat mIncr mistAks wil stil bE rEdcbL. 
-Der qr mor than 40 fOncgramz and a fU rulz govcrniN Wen tv Uz scrtin saund sInz.

-Dc Q iz stil cvAlabL for the britiS short O if nEdcd. 
-Dcs Dis nOtAScn iz wel sutcd for bOT dIcleks.

-Rulz:  Der wil bE scm ambigUity cbaut Wat tu Uz wiT R and Wen tu Uz x for Dc UP saund.
-[x] iz not Uzd cnles stres nEdz tu be indikAtcd az in [cbxt].  [X] for [ks] is olsO avAlcbL. 

-Caps kan Only bE Uzd in r-combinAScnz in Dc iniScL posEScn.   Ar=air [er], Er = ear [ir], 
 EG -Dc kaptcn cv Dc ArplAn mAd an ercr Wen hE CAnjd kors nir [nEr] Dc Arport.
-hE cqmitcd Only wcn scrvis [sRvis] ercr.

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14 Vowels
Key Truespel Unifon Uni2 Spanglish Ian   m-w  SAMPA(A)SAMPA(B) N-Romaji nYQalF
---   ----   ----   ---- --------- ----  ----  ----   ----     ----     ----
at    at     at     at    aet att   9t    aet   {t     {t       aet     aT
el    el     el     el    ell       el    el    El     El       el      eL
it    it     it     it    itt       it    it    It     It       it      IT
odd   od     od     qd Qd odd       od    od    Ad     Qd       od      oD
hook  ook    Ck     vk    huk wk    huk   huk   hUk    hUk      huk     HuK
up    up     up     xp    upp vp ap ap   '&p    Vp     Vp       ap      Up
---   ----   ----   ---- --------- ----  ----  ----   ----     ----    ---
are   aar    or     qr    aar       aa    a:r   Ar     A:       aar     or
ago   uggoe  cgO    cgO   ago       ag6   &gO   @"go   @"g@U   'agou    Ugo
herd  herd   hurd   hRd   hurrd     h3d   h&rd  h3rd   h3:d     h'aard  HRD
ace   aes    As     As    eis       eis   As    es     eIs      eis     AS
eel   eel    El     El    iel       jl    El    il     i:l      iil     EL
awe   au     x      o     ao o      oo    o     O      O:       oo    o oU
or    or     xr     or    or        oo    or    Or     O@       oor     OR 
owe   oe     O      O     oa        6     O     o      @U       ou    O OW
ooze  uez    uz     uz    uuz       uuz   u:z   uz     u:z      uuz     QZ
use   yuez   Yz     Uz    yuuz      yuuz  yu:z  juz    ju:z     yuuz   YQZ
---   ----   ----   ---- --------- ----  ----  ----   ----     ----   ----
out   out    qt     aut   out aut   aut   aut   aUt    aUt      aut    oWT
boy   boi    bQ     boi   boi boy   boi   boi   bOI    bOI      boi    BOE

SAMPA(A) = American (i.e. General American)
SAMPA(B) = British (i.e. Received Pronunciation)

All of these notations are lowercase except nYQalf which is
normally uppercase.  SAMPA uses upper case for short vowels

14 Vowels          RP    GA    GA     RP      GA      GA 
Key  Unifon  U2    Ian   m-w  SAMPA   SAMPB   N-Rom   nYQalF
---  ----   ----  ----  ----  -----  -----   -----   ------
at    at     at    ct    aet   {t     {t      aet     aT
el    el     el    el    el    El     El      el      eL
it    it     it    it    it    It     It      it      IT
odd*  od     qd    od    od    Ad     Qd      od      oD
 ahs  oz     qz    aaz   a:z   Az             aaz     oZ
 awes ox     Qz    oz    oz    Oz             oz      oZ*
hook  Ck     vk    huk   huk   hUk    hUk     huk     HuK
up    up     xp    ap   '&p    Vp     Vp      ap      Up
---  ----   ----  ----  ----  -----  -----   ----    ---- 6 short

ago   cgO    cgO   ag6   &gO   @"go   @"g@U  'agou    Ugo
herd  hurd   hRd   h3d   h&rd  h3rd   h3:d   h'aard   HRD
 alt  hcrd   hcrd 
ace   As     As    eis   As    es     eIs     eis     AS
eel   El     El    jl    El    il     i:l     iil     EL
awe   x      o     oo    o     O      O:      oo    o oU
 all  xl     ol    ool   ol    Ol             ool     oL

 or   Or     or    oo    or    Or     O@      oor     OR 
 are  or     qr    aa    a:r   Ar     A:      aar     or
owe   O      O     6     O     o      @U      ou    O OW
ooze  Uz     uz    uuz   u:z   uz     u:z     uuz     QZ
use   Yz     Uz    yuuz  yu:z  juz    ju:z    yuuz    YQZ
---  ----   ----  ----  ----  -----  -----   ----    ---- 8 long
                                                         14 uncomb
eyes  Iz     Iz    aiz   aiz   aiz    aiz     aiz     iZ
out   qt     aut   aut   aut   aUt    aUt     aut     oWT
boy   bQ     boi   boi   boi   bOI    bOI     boi     BOE
---  ----   ----  ----  ----  -----  -----   ----    ---- 3 dif

fire  fIr    fIr   faia
 far  fxr    fqr   faa
army  ormE   qrmy  aami
air   Ar     er    ee
ear   Er     ir    ia
order Ordc   ordc  ooda
tour  tUr    tur   tua
our   qr     aur   aua
---  ----   ----  ----  ----  ----   -----   ----    ---- 
TO     unifon      U2        ian

Case distinctions:  nYQalF is mostly upper case
                            SAMPA uses upper case for short vowels, others use big letters for long v's

Unigrafic: m-w and N-Romanji are not always unigrafic.  e.g., digrafic aa, oo, ii, 
 

> Can you send me the latest x-Englik version of the following:
> 
> English ot tu contein a singl distinct maark or kerrracter az the
> reppresentativ av iech simpl saund wich iz possibl for the hyuuman vois
> aen breath tu utter.  No maark shwd reppresent twu or thrie distinct
> saunds, nor shwd enny simpl saund bi repprezennted bai tu or thrie
> diffrant kerracterz.  [Spanglish]

Here's the modified form of Englik, called X-Englik, you wanted to see:

Ingglish oot tuu kxntein x singgll distingkt maark or kaeriktxr, aez
dhx reprizentxtiv av iic simpll saund wic iz pasxbll for dhx hyuumxn
vois tuu atxr .  No maark shud reprizent tuu or thrii distingkt saundz,
nor shud eni simpll saund bii reprizentid bai tuu or thrii difrxnt
kaeriktxrz.

Inglish oot tu? kxntein x singgll distingkt maark or kaeriktxr.
ENgliS oot tu kon kqn kcntein

Vowels:
a, as in TO "Up"
aa, as in TO "Alms"
ae, as in TO "At"
e, as in TO "Egg"
ei, as in TO "EIght"
i, as in TO "It"
ii, as in TO "EAt"
o, as in TO "OAts"
oo, as in TO "OUght"
u, as in TO "Umlaut"
uu, as in TO "OOze"
xr, as in TO (American) "acRE"  last syllable in acre [eikxr]
x, as in TO "Above"/(British) "acRE"
xx, as in TO (British) "EARly"   ccly ccp  stress vs. length?
rr, as in TO (American) "EARly"   mrrdxr
q, as in TO (British) "odd"   Qd, use q for aa

In regular Englik, most of the x's would either be replace by either
schwa or schwi, in General North American spellings, or else just
eliminated.  British spelling gets trickier.

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BOOK 

Masha Bell: The cost of traditional spelling
The book expands Masha's leaflet: Why Improve English Spelling

Other books on spelling improvement acknowledge the inconsistencies and irregularities 
in the traditionial system. Quite often they do not recognize the underlying regularities.
And they do not advance a concept of systematic spelling that would provide a model
for correct spelling.  Exceptions to the existing rules should be eliminated.

I want to work from a pronunciation guide spelling to historical or traditional spelling.

This book explain how they got there and what we can do about it.
The History, Etymology, Morphemic regularity, in our traditional writing system

Defining an improved code and a better writing system
Will phonics simplify the task of learning to read
Limitations of phonics
 Chapters

BOOK IDEA:  Spelling Codes for English
Title:  Spelling Improvement - Alphabetical Spelling
Pronunciation Guide Spelling, Predictable alphabetical spelling, 
and the search for the perfect phonographic writing system.

Pronunciation Guide Writing
What is the value of learning tradtional letter names?
In other languages, one learns letter sounds with an i or e added to pronounce consonants.
ah beh seh deh eh efe ...  Perhaps only marginally [maarjinaly] better.
We can change the sound of a with R and W and L.  ormy wont ol become army want and all
water = waater or wauter.  ao = a-ring

Diacritics  as a solution.  This is the Webster solution.  Also used by E.V. Graff in 1881.
ae aa a:  a-bar ei, a.=o
a = neutral sound

Phonologists are interested in the answers to five questions:
Abstract segments of sound are called phonemes

1. Which segements are meaningful
2. How are they represented at the covert level
3. How are they permitted to combine to make syllables and words
4. How are they described at the overt level
5. By what rules at the covert level is the overt level derived.

Obstruents [true consonants] can be voiced or voiceless
Non obstruents include  nasals, liquids[ laterals, rhotic], glides w and y with w twice listed as bilabial-velar.
mn ng l r ... w y   h = voiceless glottal,  24 total 22 uncombined + glottal stop.+ hw
They are produced by some narrowing of the vocal tract but not enough to casue friction.
frictionless continuants and sonorants.

1.  Have to teach two alphabets
2.  Have to provide a complete alphabet
    Hav tu provaid a compliet aelfabet.
3.  Hav tu indiceit stress on  indicaet
4.  Letters that can be controversial are in red.
The red letters indicate sound signs that are in dispute.
An alphabet has to have at least 40 symbols, 22+ consonants, 17+ vowels. 14 pure + 3 diphthongs
 
 
 

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