diff --git a/content/memex/language/shavian-alphabet/flashcards.zip b/content/memex/language/shavian-alphabet/flashcards.zip new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1e6db7b7 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/memex/language/shavian-alphabet/flashcards.zip differ diff --git a/content/memex/language/shavian-alphabet/index.md b/content/memex/language/shavian-alphabet/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05484154 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/memex/language/shavian-alphabet/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +--- +title: The Shavian Alphabet +tags: + - english + - alphabet + - unicode +summary: An alphabet designed to fit the English language's phonemes more closely +links: + wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavian_alphabet +--- + +I've really enjoyed learning the Shavian alphabet! ๐‘ฒ'๐‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฝ๐‘ค๐‘ฐ ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘ก๐‘ถ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ž ๐‘–๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘จ๐‘ค๐‘“๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ง๐‘‘! + +Because it does away with all the dipthongs and tripthongs of English in the latin [alphabet](/tags/alphabet) it's much shorter (whichโ€ฆ is a plus, I guess?) and surprisingly easy to read (once you can recognise the characters). + +(For some reason the Shavian alphabet is also a part of [unicode](/tags/unicode), so you can type it too! If you're on a mac, just open the emoji panel with `^ โŒ˜ space` and type "shavian" to see all the characters) + +I created a flashcard pack for [AnkiApp](https://www.ankiapp.com/) (you can [download it here](./flashcards.zip)) and got to being able to read the characters (slowly!) within a week โ€” it's a lot of fun to be able to read what's effectively a secret code ๐Ÿ˜„ + +## Tall and deep letters + +| Shavian letter | Pronunciation | Name/example | +|-|-|-| +| ๐‘ | /p/ | **p**eep | +| ๐‘š | /b/ | **b**ib | +| ๐‘‘ | /t/ | **t**ot | +| ๐‘› | /d/ | **d**ead | +| ๐‘’ | /k/ | **k**ick | +| ๐‘œ | /ษก/ | **g**ag | +| ๐‘“ | /f/ | **f**ee | +| ๐‘ | /v/ | **v**ow | +| ๐‘” | /ฮธ/ | **th**igh | +| ๐‘ž | /รฐ/ | **th**ey | +| ๐‘• | /s/ | **s**o | +| ๐‘Ÿ | /z/ | **z**oo | +| ๐‘– | /สƒ/ | **s**ure | +| ๐‘  | /ส’/ | mea**s**ure | +| ๐‘— | /tสƒ/ | **ch**urch | +| ๐‘ก | /dส’/ | **j**udge | +| ๐‘˜ | /j/ | **y**ea | +| ๐‘ข | /w/ | **w**oe | +| ๐‘™ | /ล‹/ | hu**ng** | +| ๐‘ฃ | /h/ | **h**a-ha | + +## Short letters + +| Shavian letter | Pronunciation | Name/example | +|-|-|-| +| ๐‘ค | /l/ | **l**oll | +| ๐‘ฎ | /r/ | **r**oar | +| ๐‘ฅ | /m/ | **m**ime | +| ๐‘ฏ | /n/ | n**u**n | +| ๐‘ฆ | /ษช/ | **i**f | +| ๐‘ฐ | /iห/ | **ea**t | +| ๐‘ง | /ษ›/ | **e**gg | +| ๐‘ฑ | /eษช/ | **a**ge | +| ๐‘จ | /รฆ/ | **a**sh | +| ๐‘ฒ | /aษช// | **i**ce | +| ๐‘ฉ | /ษ™/ | **a**do | +| ๐‘ณ | /สŒ/ | **u**p | +| ๐‘ช | /ษ’/ | **o**n | +| ๐‘ด | /oสŠ/ | **oa**k | +| ๐‘ซ | /สŠ/ | w**oo**l | +| ๐‘ต | /uห/ | **oo**ze | +| ๐‘ฌ | /aสŠ/ | **ou**t | +| ๐‘ถ | /ษ”ษช/ | **oi**l | +| ๐‘ญ | /ษ‘ห/ | **ah** | +| ๐‘ท | /ษ”ห/ | **awe** | + +## Ligatures + +| Shavian letter | Pronunciation | Name/example | +|-|-|-| +| ๐‘ธ | /ษ‘หr/ | **are** | +| ๐‘น | /ษ”หr/ | **or** | +| ๐‘บ | /ษ›ษ™r/ | **air** | +| ๐‘ป | /ษœหr/ | **err** | +| ๐‘ผ | /ษ™r/ | **arr**ay | +| ๐‘ฝ | /ษชษ™r/ | **ear** | +| ๐‘พ | /iษ™/ | **ia**n | +| ๐‘ฟ | /juห/ | **yew** | diff --git a/data/friends/leanne.yaml b/data/friends/leanne.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..67cce1a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/friends/leanne.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +name: Leanne +site: https://www.instagram.com/le_boyd/ +xfn: friend met