| Tall: | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
| /p/ | /t/ | /k/ | /f/ | /ฮธ/ | /s/ | /ส/ | /สง/ | /j/ | /ล/ | |
| peep | tot | kick | fee | thigh | so | sure | church | yea | hung | |
| Deep: | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ |
| /b/ | /d/ | /ษก/ | /v/ | /รฐ/ | /z/ | /ส/ | /สค/ | /w/ | /h/ | |
| bib | dead | gag | vow | they | zoo | measure | judge | woe | ha-ha | |
| Short: | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ |
| /l/ | /m/ | /ษช/~/i/ | /ษ/ | /รฆ/ | /ษ/ | /ษ/ | /ส/ | /aส/ | /ษห/ | |
| loll | mime | if | egg | ash | ado | on | wool | out | ah | |
| ๐ฎ | ๐ฏ | ๐ฐ | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ๐ถ | ๐ท | |
| /r/ | /n/ | /iห/ | /eษช/ | /aษช/ | /ส/ | /ษส/ | /u(ห)/ | /ษษช/ | /ษห/ | |
| roar | nun | eat | age | ice | up | oak | ooze | oil | awe | |
| Compound: | ๐ธ | ๐น | ๐บ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ | ||
| /ษห(r)/ | /ษห(r)/ | /ษษ(r)/ | /ษห(r)/ | /ษ(r)/ | /ษชษ(r)/ | /ษชษ/ | /ju(ห)/ | |||
| are | or | air | err | array | ear | Ian | yew |
| Tall | Deep | ||||
| ๐ | /p/ | peep | ๐ | /b/ | bib |
| ๐ | /t/ | tot | ๐ | /d/ | dead |
| ๐ | /k/ | kick | ๐ | /ษก/ | gag |
| ๐ | /f/ | fee | ๐ | /v/ | vow |
| ๐ | /ฮธ/ | thigh | ๐ | /รฐ/ | they |
| ๐ | /s/ | so | ๐ | /z/ | zoo |
| ๐ | /ส/ | sure | ๐ | /ส/ | measure |
| ๐ | /สง/ | church | ๐ก | /สค/ | judge |
| ๐ | /j/ | yea | ๐ข | /w/ | woe |
| ๐ | /ล/ | hung | ๐ฃ | /h/ | ha-ha |
| Short | |||||
| ๐ค | /l/ | loll | ๐ฎ | /r/ | roar |
| ๐ฅ | /m/ | mime | ๐ฏ | /n/ | nun |
| ๐ฆ | /ษช/~/i/ | if | ๐ฐ | /iห/ | eat |
| ๐ง | /ษ/ | egg | ๐ฑ | /eษช/ | age |
| ๐จ | /รฆ/ | ash | ๐ฒ | /aษช/ | ice |
| ๐ฉ | /ษ/ | ado | ๐ณ | /ส/ | up |
| ๐ช | /ษ/ | on | ๐ด | /ษส/ | oak |
| ๐ซ | /ส/ | wool | ๐ต | /u(ห)/ | ooze |
| ๐ฌ | /aส/ | out | ๐ถ | /ษษช/ | oil |
| ๐ท | /ษห/ | awe | ๐ญ | /ษห/ | ah |
| Compound | |||||
| ๐ธ | /ษห(r)/ | are | ๐น | /ษห(r)/ | or |
| ๐บ | /ษษ(r)/ | air | ๐ป | /ษห(r)/ | err |
| ๐ผ | /ษ(r)/ | array | ๐ฝ | /ษชษ(r)/ | ear |
| ๐พ | /ษชษ/ | Ian | ๐ฟ | /ju(ห)/ | yew |
Five common words are represented by single letters: the ๐, of ๐, and ๐ฏ, to ๐, for ๐.
There are no separate capital or lowercase letters the Shavian alphabet.
A namer dot (ยท) precedes proper names, if such special indication seems to be necessary.
๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ธ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ. ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐น ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ยท๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ท๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ, ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ด๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฝ๐.
๐ข๐ฒ๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ โ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐โ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐, ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐, ๐จ๐ ยท๐๐ท ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐. ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐๐ณ๐ ๐๐ค๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐. ๐ฉ ๐๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ยท๐ค๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ยท๐ฏ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ยท๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ โAHโ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐. ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ท๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐.
๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ผ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ผ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐น ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ:
๐๐ถ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ค๐ฒ๐ P, T ๐ฏ K ๐ธ ๐ท๐ค โ๐๐ท๐คโ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐; ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ผ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐.
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ค๐ฒ๐ B, D, ๐ฏ G ๐ธ โ๐๐ฐ๐โ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ด ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฏ, ๐ฏ ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ผ- ๐น ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ก๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐๐ธ๐๐.
๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค๐, ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ (N, M) ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ (L, R) ๐ธ ๐ท๐ค โ๐๐น๐โ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏโt ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ผ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐. ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก, ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ ๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ช๐๐, ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต.
๐ ๐๐ท๐ค, ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐น๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ผ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐, ๐ด๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ป๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐น ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ.
๐ข๐ฒ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ต ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐, ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐บ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐๐ธ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ (๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐, ๐, ๐, ๐, ๐, ๐ฆ, ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ค๐ผ). ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ผ, ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ ๐ธ ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐. ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ C ๐ฏ K, ๐ข๐ฒ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ G ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ. ๐๐ด๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ต๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ค: ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ ๐, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ T ๐ฏ SH-๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ต๐๐ ๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ ๐ โ๐โ ๐ฏ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ โ๐โ. ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐๐พ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ ๐ โ๐กโ.
๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ท๐ค๐๐ด ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ R-๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐. ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ ๐ ๐ โ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐โ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค+R ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐. ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ง๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ R ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ค ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐. ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ R ๐ด๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ด๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ณ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค. ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค+R ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ต๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฏ R, ๐ข๐ฒ๐ค ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐น ๐ R ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐.
๐๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐/๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฑ ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ช๐, ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ผ, ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐บ (๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ฏ ๐) ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฆ ๐๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ป๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฝ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐. ยท๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฝ, ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ผ, ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฃ/๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ -ING ๐จ๐ -๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ท๐ค๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐.
๐ท๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ผ, ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ธ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก. ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฒ-๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ยท๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ 1962, ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ต-๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐.
๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ยท๐๐ท-๐๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ 3 ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก 15 ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ด๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ยท๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐: ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ข ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฎ ๐ฅ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ ๐ฐ ๐ง ๐ฑ ๐จ ๐ฒ ๐ฉ ๐ณ ๐ช ๐ด ๐ซ ๐ต ๐ฌ ๐ถ ๐ญ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ผ ๐ฝ ๐พ ๐ฟ. ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ยท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ด๐, ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐๐ฑ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฏ ๐๐ด ๐ ๐น๐๐ผ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ยท๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ด๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐.
๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ 1960๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ก๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ช๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ท๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐พ, ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ ๐ข๐ป ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ง๐๐. ๐๐ฑ ๐ข๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ด๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ต ๐๐ง๐๐ผ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐. โน๐ผโบ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ โน๐ฉ๐ฎโบ, ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐น๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ป ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ โน๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐๐ผ๐โบ. ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐ข๐ฒ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฑ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ผ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ. ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐, ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ข๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ โน๐ผโบ, ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ค, ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ โน๐ฉ๐คโบ ๐ฏ โน๐ฉ๐ฅโบ, ๐น ๐ข๐ง๐๐ผ ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ โน๐ปโบ ๐ฏ โน๐ฝโบ. ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐น ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฑ.
๐ โน๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ป๐๐โบ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ธ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ยท๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ค. ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ผ, ๐๐ฑ ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ ๐ฆ๐ค-๐๐ต๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐บ ๐ธ ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฅ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐. ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ โนerrโบ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฏ โนurgeโบ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ยท๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ฏ ยท๐ช๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ค๐พ, ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฏ โนairโบ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ยท๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ. ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ โนahโบ ๐ฏ โนareโบ ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ ๐๐๐ด๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐, ๐จ๐ ๐ธ โนaweโบ ๐ฏ โนorโบ. ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ท๐ค๐๐ด ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ต ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ โน๐๐ฐ๐โบ, โน๐๐จ๐โบ, โน๐๐ง๐โบ, โน๐๐ฆ๐โบ, โน๐ฃ๐ญ-๐ฃ๐ญโบ ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ.
๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐น๐๐๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ด๐๐ ๐ฉ โน๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐โบ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ผ ๐ ๐ ยท๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐. ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐. ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ด๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ด.
The Shavian alphabet is a remarkable design. It has become clear to me the more I use it that Kingsley Read invested a significant amount of thought in its design, no doubt based on significant experimentation over many years.
While sometimes referred to as โphoneticโ it is, in truth, phonemic, as Shaw wished. A phonetic alphabet would look quite different depending on the accent it represented. Shavian, on the other hand, does not purport to represent exactly sounds, but classes of sounds. A person from London, from New York and from Sydney all pronounce the AH sound differently, but each would recognise the sound when said by the others. In Shavian they would all write ๐ญ for this sound.
Looking at the Shavian alphabet for the first time, its most obvious characteristic is that the shape of its letters is not left purely to chance or the whim of the designer:
Voiceless consonants, like P, T and K are all โtallโ letters; they sit on the baseline and extend above the height of other letters.
The voiced consonants, like B, D, and G are โdeepโ letters, meaning they extend below the baseline, and are mirror- or rotated images of their voiced counterparts.
Vowels, nasal consonants (N, M) and liquids (L, R) are all โshortโ letters, meaning they sit on the baseline and donโt extend above the height of other letters. To improve the economy of the alphabet on the page, common combinations of vowels in English, i.e. diphthongs, are represented by single letters too.
The tall, deep and short letters give each word in Shavian a characteristic shape meaning that, over time as the reader develops familiarity, words can be more easily recognised without sounding out each letter.
While remaining true to the above principles, many letters resemble their Latin counterparts enough to prompt the memory of beginners (think ๐, ๐, ๐, ๐, ๐, ๐ฆ, ๐ด, in particular). However, most of them are at no risk of being mistaken for Latin letters. The letter ๐ resembles a hybrid of Latin C and K, while its voiced counterpart ๐ could be read as G by most without studying Shavian. Those that are entirely new include some subtle prompts as well: the letter ๐, which could be considered a combination of T and SH-sounds, includes the upstroke of ๐ and adds it to ๐. The same idea applies to ๐ก.
The Shavian alphabet also has a very useful feature that helps to address the main difference between the accents of English speakers, the pronunciation of the R-sound at the end of syllables. Most of the โcompoundโ letters represent vowel+R combinations. Rhotic accents like General American pronounce the R in all cases. Non-rhotic accents like Received Pronunciation pronounce the R only when followed by another vowel. Having these vowel+R combinations represented by a single letter means that rhotic speakers simply read the letter as including an R, while non-rhotic speakers can ignore the R where it is not pronounced.
Some have complained that the letters ๐ฃ and ๐ should really be reversed, given their voiceless/voiced nature respectively. They are not, however, a true pair (and, indeed, neither are ๐ข and ๐) and the symmetry in their design seems to be intended to minimise the memory burden of learning unfamiliar letters. Read made clear, however, that the design of ๐ฃ/๐ was intentional as it was easier to hand write the common word ending -ING as -๐ฆ๐ than the alternatives.
All together, these design features mean that the Shavian alphabet is relatively easy to read, reduces differences between accents, and is remarkably economical on the page. When the bi-alphabetic Androcles and the Lion was published in 1962, the Shavian alphabet text only took up two-thirds the space on the page of the Latin alphabet text in traditional spelling.
Read clarified in Shaw-Script 3 at p. 15 that the Shavian alphabetical order is to order the letters following the parings set out in the reading key in Androcles and the Lion. This means that the Shavian alphabetical order is: ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ข ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฎ ๐ฅ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ ๐ฐ ๐ง ๐ฑ ๐จ ๐ฒ ๐ฉ ๐ณ ๐ช ๐ด ๐ซ ๐ต ๐ฌ ๐ถ ๐ญ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ผ ๐ฝ ๐พ ๐ฟ. It is slightly regrettable that when Shavian was added to Unicode, this information was not readily available and so the ordering of Shavian letters in Unicode is not done in pairs.
The situation of the compound letters is slightly complicated by Readโs subsequent adaptation of the Shavian alphabet to 1960s typewriter technology. This involved dropping all compound letters except ๐พ, as they were too wide for typewriter strike heads. They were instead decomposed into separate letters, e.g. ๐ผ became ๐ฉ๐ฎ, and the compound forms were relegated to being โprintersโ ligatures'. This change is not widely adopted today as technology is no longer limited in the same way. Nonetheless, it raises an unanswered question of whether words beginning with ๐ผ, for example, should be listed between words beginning with ๐ฉ๐ค and ๐ฉ๐ฅ, or whether they should appear between words beginning with ๐ป and ๐ฝ. The latter seems to be the more common practice today.
The 'example wordsโ given at the top of this page, which are taken from Androcles and the Lion, have served as de facto names for the letters as well. However, they are in many ways ill-suited for this purpose. There are a number of words that create significant ambiguity in some accents, e.g. the word โerrโ is pronounced with the vowel in โurgeโ in Britain and Australia, but with the vowel in โairโ in North America. And the names โahโ and โareโ are identical when spoke with non-rhotic accents, as are โaweโ and โorโ. There is also the small issue of seeming a little ridiculous with names like โpeepโ, โgagโ, โdeadโ, โkickโ, โha-haโ etc.
To address these shortcomings I have proposed a โspelling alphabetโ for Shavian similar to the NATO international alphabet. It is unofficial but is finding some acceptance. The proposal is set out below.
| Tall: | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ |
| /p/ | /t/ | /k/ | /f/ | /ฮธ/ | /s/ | /ส/ | /สง/ | /j/ | /ล/ | |
| pin | tan | key | fay | thorn | sea | shy | cha | yen | song | |
| Deep: | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ | ๐ก | ๐ข | ๐ฃ |
| /b/ | /d/ | /ษก/ | /v/ | /รฐ/ | /z/ | /ส/ | /สค/ | /w/ | /h/ | |
| bell | dun | gill | vow | thou | zoo | zho | joy | way | who | |
| Short: | ๐ค | ๐ฅ | ๐ฆ | ๐ง | ๐จ | ๐ฉ | ๐ช | ๐ซ | ๐ฌ | ๐ญ |
| /l/ | /m/ | /ษช/~/i/ | /ษ/ | /รฆ/ | /ษ/ | /ษ/ | /ส/ | /aส/ | /ษห/ | |
| lamb | me | in | edge | ash | ago | on | oomph | ounce | alms | |
| ๐ฎ | ๐ฏ | ๐ฐ | ๐ฑ | ๐ฒ | ๐ณ | ๐ด | ๐ต | ๐ถ | ๐ท | |
| /r/ | /n/ | /iห/ | /eษช/ | /aษช/ | /ส/ | /ษส/ | /u(ห)/ | /ษษช/ | /ษห/ | |
| row | now | eave | aim | eyes | up | oath | ooze | oil | ought | |
| Compound: | ๐ธ | ๐น | ๐บ | ๐ป | ๐ผ | ๐ฝ | ๐พ | ๐ฟ | ||
| /ษห(r)/ | /ษห(r)/ | /ษษ(r)/ | /ษห(r)/ | /ษ(r)/ | /ษชษ(r)/ | /ษชษ/ | /ju(ห)/ | |||
| aria | aura | aero | early | array | eerie | Ian | yule |
| Tall | Deep | ||||
| ๐ | /p/ | pin | ๐ | /b/ | bell |
| ๐ | /t/ | tan | ๐ | /d/ | dun |
| ๐ | /k/ | key | ๐ | /ษก/ | gill |
| ๐ | /f/ | fay | ๐ | /v/ | vie |
| ๐ | /ฮธ/ | thorn | ๐ | /รฐ/ | thou |
| ๐ | /s/ | sea | ๐ | /z/ | zoo |
| ๐ | /ส/ | shy | ๐ | /ส/ | zho |
| ๐ | /สง/ | cha | ๐ก | /สค/ | joy |
| ๐ | /j/ | yen | ๐ข | /w/ | way |
| ๐ | /ล/ | song | ๐ฃ | /h/ | who |
| Short | |||||
| ๐ค | /l/ | lamb | ๐ฎ | /r/ | row |
| ๐ฅ | /m/ | me | ๐ฏ | /n/ | now |
| ๐ฆ | /ษช/~/i/ | in | ๐ฐ | /iห/ | eave |
| ๐ง | /ษ/ | edge | ๐ฑ | /eษช/ | aim |
| ๐จ | /รฆ/ | ash | ๐ฒ | /aษช/ | eyes |
| ๐ฉ | /ษ/ | ago | ๐ณ | /ส/ | up |
| ๐ช | /ษ/ | on | ๐ด | /ษส/ | oath |
| ๐ซ | /ส/ | oomph | ๐ต | /u(ห)/ | ooze |
| ๐ฌ | /aส/ | ounce | ๐ถ | /ษษช/ | oil |
| ๐ท | /ษห/ | ought | ๐ญ | /ษห/ | alms |
| Compound | |||||
| ๐ธ | /ษห(r)/ | aria | ๐น | /ษห(r)/ | aura |
| ๐บ | /ษษ(r)/ | aero | ๐ป | /ษห(r)/ | early |
| ๐ผ | /ษ(r)/ | array | ๐ฝ | /ษชษ(r)/ | eerie |
| ๐พ | /ษชษ/ | Ian | ๐ฟ | /ju(ห)/ | yule |
Each name has been chosen as a real English word beginning with the sound where possible (except ยท๐). The vowel in each name is intended to be different from easily confused similar names, to assist with spelling over lo-fi systems. In most cases, where a final consonant is used, it is a nasal, liquid or sibilant for ease of pronunciation. Compound letters with ยท๐ฎ are two/three syllables to avoid confusion in non-rhotic accents.