In the deseret alphabet, capital letters majuscule or upper case look the same as the lower case minuscule letters, except the capital letters are larger. Church of jesus christ of latterday saints the mormons between about 1854. Published throughout the 1860s, the deseret alphabet. It took its sweet time, but its finally available via printondemand on amazon. The deseret alphabet was an orthographical reform for en glish, promoted by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints the mormons between about 1854 and,1875. A history of the deseret alphabet byu scholarsarchive. Beesley has already written about that in the deseret alphabet in unicode.
The modern english alphabet is a latin alphabet of 26 letters each having an uppercase and a lowercase form exactly the same letters that are found in the iso basic latin alphabet. Like the law of consecration, however, the deseret alphabet never achieved widespread acceptance, despite repeated attempts by young to promote the system. The new deseret reader, by the way, illustrates another aspect of this problem. Prealphabetic writing the alphabet is everywhere you look in modern western life which makes it hard to remember that it was once invented by someone somewhere but its not even as organic as counting in tens writing in the west began with cuneiform and hieroglyphic pictographs.
Watt taught more of his shorthand classes at the university of deseret now the university of utah and in 1852, president brigham young appointed watt and others to formulate the deseret alphabet. A comparison of deseret alphabet characters and other alphabets suggests that, although there may be some similarities, the deseret. Deseret alphabet characters should be in unicode, or in the ascii representation provided in blue letters on the deseret alphabet keyboard as supported by the adamicbee typeface. This past weekend i went camping in the san rafael swell and became interested. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. In the deseret alphabet we have a record of the pronunciation in vogue in 1869. However, the alphabet failed to gain wide acceptance and was not actively promoted after 1869. This is the first fulllength novel published in the deseret alphabet and the first book published in the deseret alphabet since the 1860s. The deseret alphabet, a 38letter writing system developed by mormons it was intended to spell english words in a more phonetically accurate way. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The deseret alphabeta phonetic alphabet used briefly in early utahis represented on what looks like an antique book in some foreign script.
The deseret alphabet classics series provides deseret alphabet editions of some of the great works of english literature and lds theology. It is plausible that pronunciation of the names did not change much between 1830, when the scripture first appeared in english, and the publication of the deseret alphabet book of mormon in 1869. The deseret alphabet was a phonetic alphabet accompanied by symbols. The views expressed here are the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the church. Brigham youngs deseret alphabet utah lighthouse ministry. Our goal is to encourage the use of the deseret alphabet by making worthwhile reading material widely available.
Depending on the level of unicode support in the browser you are using and whether or not you have the necessary fonts installed, you may have display problems for some of the translations, particularly with complex scripts such as arabic. It is not known where the actual characters of the deseret alphabet originated. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. Moore was an instructor at the orem utah institute of religion when this was written published throughout the 1860s, the deseret alphabet contained thirtyeight characters, one for each sound in the english language. The name derives from the word for honeybee in the book of mormon. We ended up scraping the pdf download and doing our own on microsoft word.
The provisional state existed for slightly over two years and was never recognized by the united states government. The desert alphabet book jerry pallottas alphabet books pallotta, jerry, astrella, mark on. There is also one tombstone in cedar city, utah, written in the deseret alphabet. The deseret alphabet came about on january 19, 1854 when the board of regents of the university of deseret, now the university of utah, announced that they had adopted a new phonetic alphabet. In the early days of the latterday saints, many were coming from various parts of europe and to learn english was a very difficult task to take on. The words were spaced too high and you cannot adjust the margins in the preset pdf. The alphabet flashcards each print off at 2 x 3, about the size of a deck of cards. The volume is of value to persons interested in early mormon missions, the deseret alphabet, the hopi people, or to linguists interested in the hopi language or utoaztecan comparative linguistics. Early examples of the deseret alphabet show it to be very fluid and appropriate fairy. The new alphabet consisted of 38 to 40 characters and was developed mostly by george d. In 1997, john jenkins uploaded a free three part pdf of the socalled triple combination, that is, a combined book of mormon, doctrine and covenants and pearl. English alphabet simple english wikipedia, the free. Pdf typesetting the deseret alphabet with latex and metafont.
The series was ed in 1990, but was not completed until 1993. A study in scarlet deseret alphabet edition by sir. Media in category deseret alphabet the following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. Pdf the deseret alphabet was an orthographical reform for en glish, promoted by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints the. The desert alphabet book jerry pallottas alphabet books. Des news demands sl trib be printed in deseret alphabet. If both parameters are provided, only english will be used. Moore, the deseret alphabet experiment, religious educator 7, no. The one would be the deseret alphabet version, and the other would be the latin script version. A complete guide to reading and writing the deseret alphabet. Here we mapped the deseret alphabet into the latin1 unicode. Typesetting the deseret alphabet with latexandmetafont 69 fig.
The deseret alphabet as an aid in pronouncing book of. The deseret alphabet experiment religious studies center. A history of the deseret alphabet larry ray wintersteen brigham young university provo follow this and additional works at. The two main contributors to the alphabets character development were pratt and george d. Today, the deseret alphabet remains of interest primarily to historians and hobbyists. The deseret alphabet, a 38letter writing system developed. It is not a reproduction of the 1869 deseret alphabet edition of the book of mormon but a completely new transliteration based on the modern text and modern chapterverse. The note reproduced 1990 appears along the inside margin. Deseret alphabet simple english wikipedia, the free. This site is an attempt to catalog the various works written in the deseret alphabet. We printed our cards off onto cardstock, laminated them to make them more sturdy, holepunched them and then put them on a jump ring.
As a backhanded recognition of this connection to mormonism, this edition is in the deseret alphabet, a phonetic alphabet for english developed in the utah portrayed in the book. In the chart below, the glyph is the letter shape, and next to it is the letters name, which is how it sounds. Writing in the deseret alphabet with web fonts june 29, 2014. However, i will not be the one to write such a book, as my skills are in. The shape of handwritten letters can be very different from the standard printed form and between individuals, especially. The alphabet was created by brigham youngs direction as an attempt to make the english language less. Mar 3, 20 the deseret alphabet in case you were wondering mar 3, 20 the deseret alphabet in case you were wondering mar 3, 20 the deseret alphabet in case you were wondering stay safe and healthy. An 1860 englishhopi vocabulary written in the deseret. The paper, owned by the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, said it wants the salt lake tribune to start printing its sunday edition in the deseret alphabet.
Contribute to sam1am development by creating an account on github. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in english using the deseret alphabet. A complete guide to reading and writing the deseret alphabet world. The advantages of this alphabet will soon be realized, especially by foreigners. Jenkins and his deseret alphabet classics series, many more works are now available in the. The deseret alphabet was developed primarily by a committee made up of the universitys board of regents and church leaders parley p. Part of thehistory commons,linguistics commons, and themormon studies commons this thesis is brought to you for free and open access by byu scholarsarchive. Watt was the principal architect of the deseret alphabet and, judging by surviving documents, was also the first serious. English to be translated into deseret alphabet deseret deseret alphabet to be translated into english. My daughter was thrilled to use them for her baptismal invites. This book is in the deseret alphabet, a phonetic alphabet for writing english developed in the mid19th century at the university of deseret now the university of deseret. It will be the means of introducing uniformity in our orthography, and the years that are now required to learn to read and spell can be devoted to other studies.
Originally there were only 4 works printed in the deseret alphabet. Because the deseret alphabet has thirtyeight letters in its standard form, and because it uses both upper and lowercases, you need room for seventysix letters, whereas ascii only has slots for fiftytwo. The deseret alphabet was an orthographical reform for english, promoted by the. Nothing came about from his curiosity until the saints were in the salt lake valley. Just to add a little spice to the whole process, the deseret alphabet text is slightly longer than the latin script one. Proposed alalc romanization table for the deseret alphabet. The deseret alphabet is a phonetic alphabet developed in utah territory in the 19th century, under the direction of brigham young. The only problem is the pdf file that you can open online to print and personalize the invites is off on the spacing. The huneybee font, a freeware true type deseret alphabet font used by this site and many others, is available at. Typesetting the deseret alphabet with latexandmetafont. Sources inside the negotiations over the joint operating agreement between the deseret news and the salt lake tribune say that talks have stalled over a surprise gambit by the deseret news. 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. 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.
This page at omniglot has a copy of the glyphs, and some links to fonts. Deseret alphabet catalog catalog of liturature written. You combine letters to be able to spell out words, you combine words to be able to make a sentence, and you form a series of sentences to be able to form a paragraph. The huneybee font, a freeware true type deseret alphabet font used by this site and many others, is available at huneybee. Beesley and dirk elzinga did commendable work and a valuable service in producing the book an 1860 englishhopi vocabulary written in the deseret alphabet. Typesetting the deseret alphabet with latex and metafont. The exact shape of printed letters changes depending on the typeface and font. On 24 march 1854 the newly adopted deseret alphabet was. If youre here for the code and want to skip most of the history and linguistics, click here. You can also make a fun banner to hang in your classroom. The deseret alphabet was a phonetic alphabet accompanied by.
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