Deseret Alphabet
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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 most 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.
Pronunciation Guide
| Glyph | Name | IPA | Glyph | Name | IPA | Glyph | Name | IPA | Glyph | Name | IPA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ ๐จ | Long I | /iห/ | ๐ ๐ฉ | Long E | {/eษช/ | ๐ ๐ช | Long A | /ษห/ | ๐ ๐ซ | Long Ah | /ษห/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ฌ | Long O | /oส/ | ๐ ๐ญ | Long Oo | /uห/ | ๐ ๐ฎ | Short I | /ษช/ | ๐ ๐ฏ | Short E | /ษ/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ฐ | Short A | /รฆ/ | ๐ ๐ฑ | Short Ah | /ษ/ | ๐ ๐ฒ | Short O | /ส/ | ๐ ๐ณ | Short Oo | /ส/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ด | Ay | /aษช/ | ๐ ๐ต | Ow | /aส/ | ๐ ๐ถ | Wu | /w/ | ๐ ๐ท | Yee | /j/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ธ | H | /h/ | ๐ ๐น | Pee | /p/ | ๐ ๐บ | Bee | /b/ | ๐ ๐ป | Tee | /t/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ผ | Dee | /d/ | ๐ ๐ฝ | Chee | /tส/ | ๐ ๐พ | Jee | /dส/ | ๐ ๐ฟ | Kay | /k/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ | Gay | /ษก/ | ๐ ๐ | Ef | /f/ | ๐ ๐ | Vee | /v/ | ๐ ๐ | Eth | /ฮธ/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ | Thee | /รฐ/ | ๐ ๐ | Es | /s/ | ๐ ๐ | Zee | /z/ | ๐ ๐ | Esh | /ส/ | |||
| ๐ ๐ | Zhee | /ส/ | ๐ก ๐ | Er | /r/ | ๐ข ๐ | El | /l/ | ๐ฃ ๐ | Em | /m/ | |||
| ๐ค ๐ | En | /n/ | ๐ฅ ๐ | Eng | /ล/ | ๐ฆ ๐ | Oi | /ษษช/ | ๐ง ๐ | Ew | /juห/ |
See also DESERET, Deseret Variant
Deseret Alphabet: ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐
Notes
- โ 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)
- โ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ค (The Book of Mormon) (New York: Published for the Deseret University by Russell Bros., 1869). Available online at Archive.org[1]
