.. -=- Deseret Alphabet stuff -=- 

= Deseret Alphabet stuff =

The Deseret alphabet was a script created by the settlers of Deseret (now Utah) in the hope that a phonemic spelling reform would help non-native speakers of English to integrate with the community. This had limited success. Its use is now limited to hobbyists; it has no direct relevance to the Utahns or LDS of today.

Unicode includes an encoding for this but it there are certain ways in which this is insufficient.

TODO: write more here. In the meantime, you can read the preamble comments in [my mapping file](deseret/deserpua.txt).

Noto-derived font with corrected Vee and supplying some (not all) of these mappings as well as the Unicode mappings for the subset where they exist: [DeseretExPUA-Regular.ttf](deseret/DeseretExPUA-Regular.ttf)

.. XXX figure out why the hell e.g. [ɯ˕w] is now mimicking a link and borking the parser.

== Vowels ==

Not giving Roman-text vowel names as they are inconsistent and confusing. The spoken letter names of the vowels would just be their sounds anyway.

Deseret|[Bee Fonts](http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~jericks/Fonts/Bee%20Fonts/Bee%20Font%20Maps/PDFS/ReaderBee%20Map.pdf)|IPA|Notes
---|---|---|---
!deseret[](𐐀)|I, i|/iː/|Allophones can include /ɪj/.
!deseret[](𐐁), !deseret[]()|E, e|/ɛj/|Might be alternatively written as e.g. /ɛ͡i/ (same principle applying to all subsequent dipthongs). Allophones include /e͡ɪ/, /eː/ etc, but /ɛː/ is a bit *too* different. Left-facing !deseret[]() is an attested alternative way of writing the letter, but also the result of Noto Sans Deseret incorrectly rendering !deseret[](𐐚).
!deseret[](𐐂)|A, a|/ɑː/|The "father" out of "father and bother". May be the same as !deseret[](𐐉) in accents merging the "father" and "bother" vowels. 
!deseret[](𐐃)|%, $|/oː/|The "caught" out of "cot and caught". Often written /ɔː/. May be the same as !deseret[](𐐉) in accents merging the "cot" and "caught" vowels.
!deseret[](𐐄)|O, o|/əw/|The "oh" vowel; my realisation would be more like \[ωw] (that is, \[ɯ˕w]). While /o͡u/ and /o͡ʊ/ are sometimes used as transcriptions, it is contrastive with /ɔw/ in my pronunciation (/əwd/ = !deseret[](𐐬𐐼) = "ode", /ɔwd/ = !deseret[](𐐱𐐶𐐼) = "old").
(!deseret[]())||/ɔw/|~~Made up. Contrastive with /əw/ in my pronunciation (/əwd/ = "ode", /ɔwd/ = "old"). Later comment: in other words it is an exact equivalent to standard !deseret[](𐐉𐐎) and I should just use that. Why did I make this again? I should probably re{\"a}llocate this to something more worthy.~~
!deseret[](𐐅)|U, u|/uː/|Tends to be realised as its allophone /ʉw/.
!deseret[](𐐆)|#, @|/ɪ/|
(!deseret[]())||/ɪː/|Made up. \[ɪː]~\[i͡ʌ] = "ear" in my pronunciation. Closest standard representation would be !deseret[](𐐆𐐆), but I'm hesitant to use that as that might imply /ɪʕɪ/, given as Deseret vowel letters usually cluster with semivowels not other vowels, due to good dipthong representation.
!deseret[](𐐇)|~, \`|/ɛ/|Also resembles the pre-1855 variant form for !deseret[](𐐊).
(!deseret[]())||/ɛː/|Made up. \[ɛː]~\[e͡ʌ] = "air" in my pronunciation. Not especially close to !deseret[](𐐁); constrastive with !deseret[](𐐇): error = !deseret[](𐐇𐑉𐐲) = \[ɛɹɜ], airer = !deseret[](𐑉𐐲) = \[ɛːrɜ]. Closest standard representation would be !deseret[](𐐇𐐇), but I'm hesitant to use that as that might imply /ɛʕɛ/, given as Deseret vowel letters usually cluster with semivowels not other vowels, due to good dipthong representation. That being said, this is U+E004 and U+E005 in AdamicBee, but not necessarily for the same use?
!deseret[](𐐈)|&, ^|/a/|Also resembles the pre-1855 variant form for !deseret[](𐐇).
!deseret[](𐐉)|\*, /|/ɔ/|The "cot" out of "cot and caught", the "bother" out of "father and bother". Often written /ɒ/. May be the same as !deseret[](𐐃) in accents merging the "cot" and "caught" vowels.
!deseret[](𐐊)|-, \_|/ɐ/|The "but" out of "put and but". Usually written /ʌ/, but my realisation is \[ɐ]~\[ɑ]. Seems to have established use for /ə/ by some users, which it often isn't close to in my case, though there are some cases of free variation (which I'm writing /ʌ/). Also resembles the pre-1855 variant form for !deseret[](𐐡).
!deseret[](𐐋)|+, =|/ɵ/|The "put" out of "put and but". By far the closest of the two to /ə/ in my pronunciation. Often written /ʊ/, which is a tad further from \/ə/ and a tad closer to \/u/ (but still distinct). May be the same as !deseret[](𐐊) in accents merging the "put" and "but" vowels.
!deseret[]()||/ə/|Limited adoption by some historical users for /ə/. Usual practice seems to be to use !deseret[](𐐊), but in my pronunciation !deseret[](𐐋) would actually be closer. Also resembles the pre-1855 variant form for !deseret[](𐐤).
!deseret[](𐐌)|\{, \[|/ɑj/|
!deseret[](𐐍), !deseret[]()|}, ]|/aw/|!deseret[]() (!deseret[](𐐉) with loop) is an earlier, mutually illegible alternative to !deseret[](𐐍) (!deseret[](𐐂) with loop).
!deseret[](𐐦), !deseret[]()||/ɔj/|Older (and reference) glyph is a crossed !deseret[](𐐉), newer glyph is a crossed !deseret[](𐐃).
!deseret[](𐐧), !deseret[]()||/ju/|Older (and reference) glyph is a crossed !deseret[](𐐅), newer glyph is much easier to write.

== Semivowels ==

Deseret|Name|[Bee Fonts](http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~jericks/Fonts/Bee%20Fonts/Bee%20Font%20Maps/PDFS/ReaderBee%20Map.pdf)|IPA
---|---|---|---
!deseret[](𐐎)|Wu|W, w|/w/
!deseret[](𐐏)|Yee|Y, y|/j/

== Consonants ==

Deseret|Name|[Bee Fonts](http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~jericks/Fonts/Bee%20Fonts/Bee%20Font%20Maps/PDFS/ReaderBee%20Map.pdf)|IPA|Notes
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!deseret[](𐐐)|H|H, h|/h/|
!deseret[](𐐑)|Pee|P, p|/p/|
!deseret[](𐐒)|Bee|B, b|/b/|
!deseret[](𐐓)|Tee|T, t|/t/|
!deseret[](𐐔)|Dee|D, d|/d/|
!deseret[](𐐕)|Chee|C, c|/t͡ʃ/|
!deseret[](𐐖)|Jee|J, j|/d͡ʒ/|
!deseret[](𐐗)|Kay|K, k|/k/|
!deseret[](𐐘)|Gay|G, g|/g/|
!deseret[](𐐙)|Ef|F, f|/f/|
!deseret[](𐐚)|Vee|V, v|/v/|Correctly rendered to visually resemble ɞ; a bug in Noto Sans Deseret renders it to visually resemble ɜ (which by contrast is a attested way of writing !deseret[](𐐁)).
!deseret[](𐐛)|Eth|:, ;|/θ/|Roman written name resemblance to eth (ð) is a co{\"i}ncidence; that isn't what it sounds like, it's so named due to being the interdental equivalent to Ef.
!deseret[](𐐜)|Thee|\|, \\|/ð/|Similarly, the interdental equivalent to Vee, and the actual ð sound.
!deseret[](𐐝)|Es|S, s|/s/|
!deseret[](𐐞)|Zee|Z, z|/z/|Given the Ef/Vee, Eth/Thee, Esh/Zhee thing we have going here, should probably not be read Zed (or Zetto).
!deseret[](𐐟)|Esh|Q, q|/ʃ/|
!deseret[](𐐠)|Zhee|X, x|/ʒ/|
!deseret[](𐐡)|Er|R, r|/ɹ/|Might be used for any \/r/ allophone (\/ɹ/ is the most common in English, though \/ʋ/ isn't rare either, mine varies between \[ɹ̻]~\[ʋ]), or even encountered used for /ɚ/ (which is properly \[əʴ], but realised \[əː] in much of England including my own accent).
!deseret[](𐐢)|El|L, l|/l/|
!deseret[](𐐣)|Em|M, m|/m/|
!deseret[](𐐤)|En|N, n|/n/|Also resembles the pre-1855 variant form of !deseret[](𐐈).
!deseret[](𐐥)|Eng|>, <|/ŋ/|

!deseret[](𐐙𐐫𐑉 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐮𐑆 𐑋𐐴 𐐶𐑉𐐿 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐑋𐐴 𐑀𐑊𐐫𐑉𐐨, 𐐻𐐭 𐐺𐑉𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐐹𐐰𐑅 𐑄𐐨 𐐮𐑋𐐫𐑉𐐻𐐰𐑊𐐮𐐻𐐨 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐑄𐐨 𐐨𐐻𐑉𐑌𐐰𐑊 𐑊𐐴𐑁 𐐱𐑂 𐑋𐐰𐑌.)

![](deseret/Deseret.png)