Artspelled English

Artspelled English is a Spelling reform for English.  It is based on elimination of most diagraphs (except those for "long" vowels), and it is based mostly on Latin Extended-A character code, plus ASCII and Latin-1 characters and a few Latin Extended-B.

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• Tables of Consonants
  • Consonant Diagraphs
  • Mute Consonants
  • Syllabic Consonants
  • Non-Standard Pronunciation
• Tables of Vowels
  • Standard Long/Short Vowels
  • Non-Standard Pronunciation
  • Vowel diagraphs
• Compared Texts

Consonants

Consonant Diagraphs

Most consonant diagraphs are spelled using a single character.  Acute marks palatization, as in ć, ǵ, or ś.  This applies to diagraphs, not to geminated consonants.

Consonant Diagraphs

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase		standard	artspelled
Ch	ch	tʃ	tS	Ć	ć	x106	x107	c acute	chad	ćad
Ch	ch	k	k	C	c	x043	x063	c, cee	school	scōl
Ch	ch	x	x	Ķ	ķ	x136	x137	k cedilla	loch	loķ
Gh	gh	(mute)		Ȝ	ȝ	x21C	x21D	yogh	light	liȝt
Gh	gh	f	f	Ff	ff	x046	x066	f, eff	tough	toff
Gh	gh	ɡ	g	G	g	x047	x067	g, gee	ghost	gost
Gu	gu	ɡ	g	Ġ	ġ	x120	x121	g dot	guy	ġy
Kh	kh	x	x	Ķ	ķ	x136	x137	k cedilla	khan	ķan
Ng	ng	ŋ	N	Ŋ	ŋ	x14A	x14B	eng	ping	piŋ
Ny	ny	ɲ	J	Ń	ń	x14A	x14B	n acute	canyon	cańņ
Ph	ph	f	f	F	f	x046	x066	f, eff	phone	fone
Sh	sh	ʃ	S	Ś	ś	x15A	x15B	s acute	show	śow
Sch	sch	ʃ	S	Ś	ś	x15A	x15B	s acute	schwa	śwa
Th	th	ð	D	Ð	ð	x0D0	x0F0	eth	these	ðese
Th	th	θ	T	Þ	þ	x0DE	x0FE	thorn	think	þink
Wh	wh	hw	hw	Ƕ	ƕ	x1F6	x195	hwair	why	ƕy

Mute Consonants

Mute consonants are sometimes predictable, like k in words beginning in kn, some times not, like the h in "hour" or "Thompson".

Mute consonants

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Case	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase			standard	artspelled
G	g	(mute)		Ȝ	ȝ	x21C	x21D	yogh		sign	siȝn
H	h	(mute)		H	h	x048	x068	h, ache	standalone	hour	hour
H	h	(mute)						void	diagraph	khaki	kaki
K	k	(mute)		Ȝ	ȝ	x21C	x21D	yogh		know	ȝnow
W	w	(mute)		Ȝ	ȝ	x21C	x21D	yogh		write	ȝrite

Syllabic Consonants

Sonorant consonants are sometimes pronounced as syllables, usually in coda position where the preceding vowel would have been reduced to a schwa.  These consonants are marked with a cedilla or an apostrophe bellow.

Syllabic consonants

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase		standard	artspelled
L	l	l̩	l=	Ļ	ļ	x13B	x13C	l cedilla	cradle	cradļ
N	n	n̩	n=	Ņ	ņ	x145	x146	n cedilla	pidgin	pidǵņ
R	r	ɚ	@* r=	Ŗ	ŗ	x156	x157	r cedilla	center	centŗ

Non-Standard Pronunciation

English assumes certain pronunciation for certain letters.  For example c sounds /k/ in all positions, except before front vowels, when the sound is /s/.  But there are exceptions.  The first c in Celtic is pronounced with /k/, while the second in Curacao will be /s/.  These differences are marked in Artspelled English.

Non-Standard pronunciation

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Case	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase			standard	artspelled
C/Ch	c/ch	k	k	Ċ	ċ	x10A	x10B	c dot	before front vowel	schedule	sċedule
C	c	s	s	Ç	ç	x0C7	x0E7	c cedilla	no front vowel	Curacao	Curaçao
G/Gh	g/gh	ɡ	g	Ġ	ġ	x120	x121	g dot	before front vowel	gheto	ġěto
G	g	ʒ dʒ	Z dZ	Ǵ	ǵ	x1F4	x1F5	g acute	no front vowel	garage	garaǵ

Vowels

Standard Long/Short Vowels

Standard pronunciation of vowels is usually unmarked if the surrounding orthography is enough to mark length.  Otherwise a macron (ˉ) marks the long pronunciation and a breve (˘) the short one.

Standard Long Vowels

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase		standard	artspelled
A	a	e ej	e ej	Ā	ā	x100	x101	a macron	fade	fade, fād
E	e	i	i	Ē	ē	x112	x113	e macron	Pete	Pete, pēt
I	i	aj	aj	Ī	ī	x12A	x12B	i macron	pipe	pipe, pīp
O	o	o ow	o ow	Ō	ō	x14C	x14D	o macron	pole	pole, pōl
U	u	ju	ju	Ū	ū	x16A	x16B	u macron	mute	mute, mūt

Standard Short Vowels

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase		standard	artspelled
A	a	æ	{	Ă	ă	x102	x103	a breve	cat	cat, căt
E	e	ɛ	E	Ĕ	ĕ	x114	x115	e breve	bet	bet, bĕt
I	i	ɪ	I	Ĭ	ĭ	x12C	x12D	i breve	kit	kit, kĭt
O	o	a	a	Ŏ	ŏ	x14E	x14F	o macron	cot	cot, cŏt
U	u	ʌ	V	Ŭ	ŭ	x16C	x16D	u breve	but	but, bŭt

Non-Standard Pronunciation

English vowel system include more than the above ten vowels (i.e. "put", "cause").  Also, the same vowel can be written in several ways (i.e. "cot", "yacht"), and the same writing pattern can represent different sounds: (i.e. "but", "put").

In order to deal with this, Artspelled English include three further diagraphs: acute (´), grave (`), and circumflex (^).  The acute will mark a short vowel that is higher or more tensed than the respective breve one.  The grave will mark a short vowel that is lower than the respective breve one, and the circumflex will represent and alternative long vowel.

Non-Standard Short Vowels

Standard Spelling		Pronunciation		Artspelled		Unicode		Description	Example
uppercase	lowercase	IPA	SAMPA	uppercase	lowercase	uppercase	lowercase		standard	artspelled
A	a	ɑ	A	À	à	x0C0	x0E0	a grave	yacht	yàȝt
E	e	ɪ	I	É	é	x0C9	x0E9	e acute	English	Éŋliś
O	o	ʊ	U	Ó	ó	x0D3	x0F3	o acute	ot	ót
O	o	ʌ	V	Ò	ò	x0D2	x0F2	o grave	ot	òt
U	u	ʊ	U	Ù	ù	x0D9	x0F9	u grave	put	pùt

Vowel diagraphs

These artspelled English allows diagraphs only for long vowels.

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