mirror of
https://github.com/by-jp/www.byjp.me.git
synced 2025-08-09 05:36:07 +01:00
b8cc9ee66d
This standardises all my markdown files to have no leading newline after the `---` that ends the frontmatter. This makes display on Gemini (in which newlines matter) much more consistent! I can't spot any errors with the regex I used here, but there may be one or two articles that change shape — hopefully I can spot them and fix them!
2.6 KiB
2.6 KiB
| title | tags | summary | links | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shavian Alphabet |
|
An alphabet designed to fit the English language's phonemes more closely |
|
I've really enjoyed learning the Shavian alphabet! 𐑲'𐑝 𐑮𐑽𐑤𐑰 𐑧𐑯𐑡𐑶𐑛 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑰𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑!
Because it does away with all the dipthongs and tripthongs of English in the latin alphabet it's much shorter (which… 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, so you can type it too! If you're on a mac, just open the emoji panel with ^ ⌘ space and type "shavian" to see all the characters)
I created a flashcard pack for AnkiApp (you can download it here) and got to being able to read the characters (slowly!) within a week — it's a lot of fun to be able to read what's effectively a secret code 😄
Tall and deep letters
| Shavian letter | Pronunciation | Name/example |
|---|---|---|
| 𐑐 | /p/ | peep |
| 𐑚 | /b/ | bib |
| 𐑑 | /t/ | tot |
| 𐑛 | /d/ | dead |
| 𐑒 | /k/ | kick |
| 𐑜 | /ɡ/ | gag |
| 𐑓 | /f/ | fee |
| 𐑝 | /v/ | vow |
| 𐑔 | /θ/ | thigh |
| 𐑞 | /ð/ | they |
| 𐑕 | /s/ | so |
| 𐑟 | /z/ | zoo |
| 𐑖 | /ʃ/ | sure |
| 𐑠 | /ʒ/ | measure |
| 𐑗 | /tʃ/ | church |
| 𐑡 | /dʒ/ | judge |
| 𐑘 | /j/ | yea |
| 𐑢 | /w/ | woe |
| 𐑙 | /ŋ/ | hung |
| 𐑣 | /h/ | ha-ha |
Short letters
| Shavian letter | Pronunciation | Name/example |
|---|---|---|
| 𐑤 | /l/ | loll |
| 𐑮 | /r/ | roar |
| 𐑥 | /m/ | mime |
| 𐑯 | /n/ | nun |
| 𐑦 | /ɪ/ | if |
| 𐑰 | /iː/ | eat |
| 𐑧 | /ɛ/ | egg |
| 𐑱 | /eɪ/ | age |
| 𐑨 | /æ/ | ash |
| 𐑲 | /aɪ// | ice |
| 𐑩 | /ə/ | ado |
| 𐑳 | /ʌ/ | up |
| 𐑪 | /ɒ/ | on |
| 𐑴 | /oʊ/ | oak |
| 𐑫 | /ʊ/ | wool |
| 𐑵 | /uː/ | ooze |
| 𐑬 | /aʊ/ | out |
| 𐑶 | /ɔɪ/ | oil |
| 𐑭 | /ɑː/ | ah |
| 𐑷 | /ɔː/ | awe |
Ligatures
| Shavian letter | Pronunciation | Name/example |
|---|---|---|
| 𐑸 | /ɑːr/ | are |
| 𐑹 | /ɔːr/ | or |
| 𐑺 | /ɛər/ | air |
| 𐑻 | /ɜːr/ | err |
| 𐑼 | /ər/ | array |
| 𐑽 | /ɪər/ | ear |
| 𐑾 | /iə/ | ian |
| 𐑿 | /juː/ | yew |