English phonetic alphabets
As per effort of decreasing the learning curve as much as possible, all English phonetical alphabets share the same set of key map.
Included alphabets
Jones-Gimson system
The Jones-Gimson system is a branch of IPA that's adapted to better transcribe English pronunciation of British English and its variants, mostly utilized by non-American dictionaries.
British English Phonetic Alphabet
BEPA is an informal name of the Jones-Gimson system.
Shavian alphabet
The Shavian alphabet is a constructed alphabet aims to permit efficient writing and spelling for British English Received Pronunciation.
Deseret alphabet
Warning
Due to a lack of several vowels, there are no plans to support the Deseret alphabet as of yet.
The Deseret alphabet is a constructed alphabet developed to be used in an English-language spelling reform for American English.
Key map
Keys are ordered via BEPA.
Vowels
Vowels require at most two keys.
Short vowels
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | รฆ | ๐จ | ๐ฐ | cat |
e eh | ษ | ๐ง | ๐ฏ | bet |
Ee EE | e | ๐ง | ๐ฏ | bet |
i ih | ษช | ๐ฆ | ๐ฎ | fit |
o oh | ษ | ๐ช | ๐ฑ | hot |
a ah | ส | ๐ณ | ๐ฒ | cut |
u uh | ส | ๐ซ | ๐ณ | cook |
E Eh | ษ | ๐ฉ | ๐ฒ | lover |
I | i | ๐ฆ | ๐จ | unity |
U | u | ๐ซ | ๐ญ |
Long vowels
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ii | iห | ๐ฐ | ๐จ | eat |
oo | ษห | ๐ท | ๐ซ | all |
ee | ษห | ๐ป | ๐ฒ๐ | her |
uu | uห | ๐ต | ๐ญ | who |
aa | ษห | ๐ญ | ๐ช | car |
Diphthongs
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ei | eษช | ๐ฑ | ๐ฉ | cake |
ai | aษช | ๐ฒ | ๐ด | like |
oi | ษษช | ๐ถ | ๐ | oil |
eu | ษส | ๐ด | ๐ฌ | coat |
ou | oส | ๐ด | ๐ฌ | hope |
au | aส | ๐ฌ | ๐ต | how |
ir | ษชษ | ๐พ | ๐ฎ๐ฒ | ear |
er | ษษ | ๐บ | ๐ฏ๐ | air |
ur | สษ | ๐ซ๐ผ | ๐ณ๐ฒ | sure |
Shavian compatibles
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
aR | ษหr | ๐ธ | ๐ช๐ | art |
oR | ษหr | ๐น | ๐ซ๐/๐ฌ๐ | ore |
eR | ษษr | ๐บ | ๐ฏ๐ | air |
Er | ษr | ๐ผ | ๐ฒ๐ | lover |
ER | ษหr | ๐ป | ๐ฒ๐ | hurt |
iR | ษชษr | ๐ฝ | ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ | ear |
yU | juห | ๐ฟ | ๐ | you |
Consonants
None of the consonants require two keys.
Voiceless-voiced pairs
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
p | p | ๐ | ๐น | pat |
b | b | ๐ | ๐บ | bat |
t | t | ๐ | ๐ป | tie |
d | d | ๐ | ๐ผ | deer |
k | k | ๐ | ๐ฟ | cat |
g | g | ๐ | ๐ | get |
s | s | ๐ | ๐ | sit |
z | z | ๐ | ๐ | zip |
f | f | ๐ | ๐ | fit |
v | v | ๐ | ๐ | van |
T | ฮธ | ๐ | ๐ | thank |
D | รฐ | ๐ | ๐ | mother |
S | ส | ๐ | ๐ | shell |
Z | ส | ๐ | ๐ | vision |
C | tส | ๐ | ๐ฝ | chips |
j | dส | ๐ก | ๐พ | juice |
q | tr | ๐๐ฎ | ๐ป๐ | try |
Q | dr | ๐๐ฎ | ๐ผ๐ | dry |
c | ts | ๐๐ | ๐ป๐ | hats |
J | dz | ๐๐ | ๐ผ๐ | hands |
Aspirated, nasal and etc
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
h | h | ๐ฃ | ๐ธ | hat |
H | x | ๐ฃ | ๐ธ | loch |
m | m | ๐ฅ | ๐ | mad |
n | n | ๐ฏ | ๐ | nod |
N | ล | ๐ | ๐ | ring |
l | l | ๐ค | ๐ | luck |
r | r | ๐ฎ | ๐ | ring |
y | j | ๐ | ๐ท | you |
w | w | ๐ข | ๐ถ | way |
Specials
These characters will only be present in their respective alphabets, and will be null-routed in others.
| Sequence | BEPA | Shavian | Deseret | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
x | ห | N/A | N/A | Primary stress in BEPA/IPA. |
X | ห | N/A | N/A | Secondary stress in BEPA/IPA. |
ax ex ix ox ux | N/A | ยท | N/A | Naming dot in Shavian. |