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Due to the influx of immigrant [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Due to the influx of immigrant [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] converts from multiple foreign language backgrounds, the University of Deseret (now University of Utah) created a phonetic based alphabet as an aid to pronounce English.<ref>See "The Deseret Alphabet as an Aid in Pronouncing Book of Mormon Names" by Frederick M. Huchel. <i>Journal of Book of Mormon Studies</i> (9:1, 58-59, 79)</ref> The '''DESERET ALPHABET''' consists of 38 letters to account for alternate pronunciations of English vowels and some consonants. | ||
The inclusion of the D<small>ESERET</small> A<small>LPHABET</small> spellings in this Onomasticon is provided as an aid to the pronunciation of these words at the time the Book of Mormon was printed<ref> 𐐜 𐐒𐐋𐐗 𐐉𐐚 𐐣𐐃𐐡𐐣𐐊𐐤 (The Book of Mormon) (New York: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros., 1869). Available online at [http://archive.org/details/bookofmormdeseretalpha00 Archive.org]</ref> using the D<small>ESERET</small> A<small>LPHABET</small>. | The inclusion of the D<small>ESERET</small> A<small>LPHABET</small> spellings in this Onomasticon is provided as an aid to the pronunciation of these words at the time the Book of Mormon was printed<ref> 𐐜 𐐒𐐋𐐗 𐐉𐐚 𐐣𐐃𐐡𐐣𐐊𐐤 (The Book of Mormon) (New York: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros., 1869). Available online at [http://archive.org/details/bookofmormdeseretalpha00 Archive.org]</ref> using the D<small>ESERET</small> A<small>LPHABET</small>. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:14, 8 January 2015
Due to the influx of immigrant LDS converts from multiple foreign language backgrounds, the University of Deseret (now University of Utah) created a phonetic based alphabet as an aid to pronounce English.[1] The DESERET ALPHABET consists of 38 letters to account for alternate pronunciations of English vowels and some consonants.
The inclusion of the DESERET ALPHABET spellings in this Onomasticon is provided as an aid to the pronunciation of these words at the time the Book of Mormon was printed[2] using the DESERET ALPHABET.
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Pronunciation Guide
| Glyph | Name | IPA | Glyph | Name | IPA | Glyph | Name | IPA | Glyph | Name | IPA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 𐐀 | Long I | /iː/ | 𐐁 | Long E | {/eɪ/ | 𐐂 | Long A | /ɑː/ | 𐐃 | Long Ah | /ɔː/ | |||
| 𐐄 | Long O | /oʊ/ | 𐐅 | Long Oo | /uː/ | 𐐆 | Short I | /ɪ/ | 𐐇 | Short E | /ɛ/ | |||
| 𐐈 | Short A | /æ/ | 𐐉 | Short Ah | /ɒ/ | 𐐊 | Short O | /ʌ/ | 𐐋 | Short Oo | /ʊ/ | |||
| 𐐌 | Ay | /aɪ/ | 𐐍 | Ow | /aʊ/ | 𐐎 | Wu | /w/ | 𐐏 | Yee | /j/ | |||
| 𐐐 | H | /h/ | 𐐑 | Pee | /p/ | 𐐒 | Bee | /b/ | 𐐓 | Tee | /t/ | |||
| 𐐔 | Dee | /d/ | 𐐕 | Chee | /tʃ/ | 𐐖 | Jee | /dʒ/ | 𐐗 | Kay | /k/ | |||
| 𐐘 | Gay | /ɡ/ | 𐐙 | Ef | /f/ | 𐐚 | Vee | /v/ | 𐐛 | Eth | /θ/ | |||
| 𐐜 | Thee | /ð/ | 𐐝 | Es | /s/ | 𐐞 | Zee | /z/ | 𐐟 | Esh | /ʃ/ | |||
| 𐐠 | Zhee | /ʒ/ | 𐐡 | Er | /r/ | 𐐢 | El | /l/ | 𐐣 | Em | /m/ | |||
| 𐐤 | En | /n/ | 𐐥 | Eng | /ŋ/ | 𐐦 | Oi | /ɔɪ/ | 𐐧 | Ew | /juː/ |
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See also DESERET, Deseret Variant
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐔𐐇𐐝𐐀𐐡𐐇𐐓 𐐈𐐢𐐙𐐈𐐒𐐇𐐓
Notes
- ↑ See "The Deseret Alphabet as an Aid in Pronouncing Book of Mormon Names" by Frederick M. Huchel. Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (9:1, 58-59, 79)
- ↑ 𐐜 𐐒𐐋𐐗 𐐉𐐚 𐐣𐐃𐐡𐐣𐐊𐐤 (The Book of Mormon) (New York: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros., 1869). Available online at Archive.org
