Shavian

This writing system was created by James Kingsley Read in the 1960's, after receiving money from the will of George Bernard Shaw after his passing. It was completed on the 18th of August, 1960. The basic design was to use only one letter for each sound of English and only one sound for each letter. This makes spelling very intuitive and simple. All English spelling rules become obsolete. You can simply write the same sounds that you speak. Here is a sample text from the Bible, taken from Romans chapter 5.

{5:1} 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑓𐑱𐑔, 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑞 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑬𐑼 ·𐑤𐑹𐑛 ·𐑡𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑: {5:2} 𐑚𐑲 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑭𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑚𐑲 𐑓𐑱𐑔 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑕 𐑢𐑺𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑰 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛, 𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑡𐑶𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑐 𐑝 𐑞 𐑜𐑤𐑹𐑰 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛. {5:3} 𐑯 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 [𐑕𐑴,] 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑜𐑤𐑹𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑤𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑭𐑤𐑕𐑴: 𐑯𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑤𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑻𐑒𐑩𐑔 𐑐𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑕; {5:4} 𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑕, 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕; 𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕, 𐑣𐑴𐑐: {5:5} 𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑐 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑔 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑩𐑖𐑱𐑥𐑛; 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑭𐑟 𐑞 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑖𐑧𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑮𐑭𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑬𐑼 𐑣𐑸𐑑𐑕 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 ·𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑰 ·𐑜𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑳𐑕. {5:6} 𐑓 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑬𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑙𐑔, 𐑦𐑯 𐑛𐑵 𐑑𐑲𐑥 ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑲𐑛 𐑓 𐑞 𐑳𐑯𐑜𐑭𐑛𐑤𐑰. {5:7} 𐑓 𐑕𐑒𐑺𐑕𐑤𐑰 𐑓 𐑩 𐑮𐑲𐑗𐑩𐑕 𐑥𐑨𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑛𐑲: 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑐𐑻𐑩𐑛𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑗𐑼 𐑓 𐑩 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑥𐑨𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑛𐑺 𐑑 𐑛𐑲. {5:8} 𐑚𐑳𐑑 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑔 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑢𐑹𐑛 𐑳𐑕, 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑, 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑼𐑟, ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑲𐑛 𐑓 𐑳𐑕. {5:9} 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑧𐑯, 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑯𐑬 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑤𐑳𐑛, 𐑢𐑰 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑭𐑥 𐑮𐑨𐑔 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑣𐑦𐑥. {5:10} 𐑓 𐑦𐑓, 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑧𐑯𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑟, 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑲𐑤𐑛 𐑑 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑛𐑧𐑔 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑟 ·𐑕𐑳𐑯, 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹, 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑲𐑤𐑛, 𐑢𐑰 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑓. {5:11} 𐑯 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑰 [𐑕𐑴,] 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑭𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑡𐑶 𐑦𐑯 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑬𐑼 ·𐑤𐑹𐑛 ·𐑡𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑, 𐑚𐑲 𐑣𐑵𐑥 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑬 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑝𐑛 𐑞 𐑩𐑑𐑴𐑯𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑. {5:12} 𐑢𐑺𐑓𐑹, 𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑥𐑨𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑛 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑛𐑧𐑔 𐑚𐑲 𐑕𐑦𐑯; 𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑛𐑧𐑔 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑭𐑯 𐑭𐑤 𐑥𐑧𐑯, 𐑓 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑭𐑤 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑛: {5:13} (𐑓 𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑞 𐑤𐑭 𐑕𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑭𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛: 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑭. {5:14} 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼𐑞𐑩𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑛𐑧𐑔 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑭𐑥 ·𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑥 𐑑 ·𐑥𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑟, 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑛 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑵𐑛 𐑝 ·𐑨𐑛𐑩𐑥'𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑟𐑜𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑣𐑵 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑓𐑦𐑜𐑘𐑼 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑭𐑟 𐑑 𐑒𐑳𐑥. {5:15} 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕, 𐑕𐑴 𐑭𐑤𐑕𐑴 [𐑦𐑟] 𐑞 𐑓𐑮𐑰 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑. 𐑓 𐑦𐑓 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑞 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑚𐑰 𐑛𐑧𐑛, 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑞 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑕 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑭𐑛, 𐑯 𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑕, [𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑟] 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑥𐑨𐑯, ·𐑡𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑, 𐑣𐑨𐑔 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰. {5:16} 𐑯 𐑯𐑭𐑑 𐑨𐑟 [𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑭𐑟] 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑛, [𐑕𐑴 𐑦𐑟] 𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑: 𐑓 𐑞 𐑡𐑳𐑡𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 [𐑢𐑭𐑟] 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑑 𐑒𐑭𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑓𐑮𐑰 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 [𐑦𐑟] 𐑝 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. {5:17} 𐑓 𐑦𐑓 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑥𐑨𐑯'𐑟 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑛𐑧𐑔 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯; 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑝 𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑕 𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑝 𐑮𐑲𐑗𐑩𐑕𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑮𐑱𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑤𐑲𐑓 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯, ·𐑡𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑.) {5:18} 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑳𐑯 [𐑡𐑳𐑡𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑒𐑱𐑥] 𐑩𐑐𐑭𐑯 𐑭𐑤 𐑥𐑧𐑯 𐑑 𐑒𐑭𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑥𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯; 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑮𐑲𐑗𐑩𐑕𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑳𐑯 [𐑞 𐑓𐑮𐑰 𐑜𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑒𐑱𐑥] 𐑩𐑐𐑭𐑯 𐑭𐑤 𐑥𐑧𐑯 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑤𐑲𐑓. {5:19} 𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑥𐑨𐑯'𐑟 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑴𐑚𐑰𐑛𐑾𐑯𐑕 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑢𐑻 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑼𐑟, 𐑕𐑴 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑴𐑚𐑰𐑛𐑾𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑰 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑮𐑲𐑗𐑩𐑕. {5:20} 𐑭𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑞 𐑤𐑭 𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑛, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑯𐑛. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑢𐑺 𐑕𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛, 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑯𐑛: {5:21} 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑦𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑔 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑛 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑛𐑧𐑔, 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑕 𐑮𐑱𐑯 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑮𐑲𐑗𐑩𐑕𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑳𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑦𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑓 𐑚𐑲 ·𐑡𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑕𐑑 𐑬𐑼 ·𐑤𐑹𐑛.

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