Əstreiliәn Ôthogrәfy Rәfôm

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Əstreiliәn Ôthogrәfy Rәfôm

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For the past month or so, I'm just been working on a look at how a reform specifically for my country's dialects' orthography would work as opposed to trying to broadly cover any other English dialects. I haven't done too much in the way of letters except regularise some of the names, introduce the schwa and ash (because lol history), as well as reappropriate the German umlaut to represent other central vowels.

But enough introduction work, let's get into the meat of this.

AaÂâ /ɐ/,/a:/ ; Name: Ey, Â
Bb /b/ ; Name: Bi
Kk /k/ ; Name: Key, Ki
Dd /d/ ; Name: Di
Dhdh /ð/ ; Name: Dhi
Dshdsh|Dzhdzh /dʒ/ ; Name: Dshi, Dzhi
EeÊê /e/,/e:/ ; Name: Î, Ê
Əә /ә/ ; Name: Shwa, Ə
Ff /f/ ; Name: Ef
Gg /g/ ; Name: Dshi, Gi
Hh /h/ ; Name: Eitsh
IiÎî /ɪ/,/i:/ ; Name: Ay, Î
Ll /l/ ; Name: Ew, Lay
Mm /m/ ; Name: Em
Nn /n/ ; Name: En
Ŋŋ /ŋ/ ; Name: Eŋ
OoÔô /ɒ~ɔ/,/ɔ:~o:/ ; Name: Əü, Ô
Pp /p/ ; Name: Pi
R /r/ ; Name: Â, Ray
S /s/ ; Name: Es
Sh /ʃ/ ; Name: Esh
T /t/ ; Name: Ti
Th /θ/ ; Name: Eth
Tsh /tʃ/ ; Name: Tshi
UuÛû /ʊ/,/u:/ ; Name: Yü, Û
Üü /ʉ:/ ; Name: Ü
Vv /v/ ; Name: Vi
Ww /w/ ; Name: Dabuwyü, Way
Yy /y/ ; Name: Way, Yay
Ææ or Xx /æ/ ; Name: Æsh, Æ or Xsh, X
Zz /z/ ; Name: Zed, Zi
Zhzh /ʒ/ ; Name: Zhi
Ëë or Öö /ɜ:/ ; Name: Ë or Ö
Circumflexes are assumed when a word ends with a vowel unless the vowel is always short or long, and are also not necessary if there's no confusion in words.
U and I at the end of words become W and Y, respectively.

Below is a transcription in my idiolect (which has some UK influence) of the famous speech in Shakespeare's Hamlet:
Tә bi o not tә bi, dhæt әz dhә kwestshәn.
Wedhә tәz nәüblә n dhә maind tә safә
Dhә sliŋz nd ærәüz әv æotreidshәs fotshün,
O tә teik amz әgenst ә si әf trabuwz,
Nd bay әpәüziŋ en dhәm? Tә day, tә slîp
Nәü mo; n bay ә slîp, tә sey wi en
Dhә harteik, n dhә thæosәnd natshәruw shoks
Dhәt flesh әz e tә? Tiz ә konsәmeishn
Dәvæotly tә bi wisht. Tә day, tә slîp,
tә slîp, pәtshæns tә dshrim; Ay, dhez dhә rab,
Fo in dhæt slîp әv deth, wot dshrimz mey kam,
Wen wi әv shafuwd of thәs mortuw koiәw,
Mast giv as poz. Dhez dhә rәspekt
Dhәt meiks kәlæmity әf sәü loŋ laif:
Fo hü wud be dhә wips n skôns әf taim,
Dhә әpresәz rong, dhә præod mæns kontyümәly,
Dhә pæŋz әv dәspaizd lav, dhә loz dәley,
Dhә insәlәns әv Ofәs, n dhә spënz,
Dhæt peishәnt merәt әv dhә anwëdhy teiks,
Wen hi әmsewf mait әz kwaiәtәs meik
Widh ә be bodkәn? Hü wu dhiz faduwz be,
Tә grant n swet andә ә wiәry laif,
Bat dhæt thә dred әv samthiŋ aftә deth,
Dhә andәskavәd kantshry, from üz bôn,
Nәü tshrævlә rәtëns, pazuwz dhә wiw,
N meiks әs radhә be dhîz iwz wi æv,
Dhәn flay tә adhәz dhæt wi nәü not ov.
Dhas konshәns daz meik kæowәdz әv әz ow,
N dhas dhә neitәv hyü әv rezәlüshn
Əz siklîd әüә wәdh dhә peiәw kast әf thôt,
Nd entәpraizәz әv greit pitsh nd müvmәnt,
Wәdh dhis rәgad dhe karәnts tën әray,
Nd lüz dhә neim әv ækshәn. Soft yә næw,
Dhә fe Əpîliә. Nimf, әn ow dhay әraizәnz,
Bi dhæo ow may sinz rәmembәd.
:eng: : [tick] | :grc: : [:|] | :chn: :isr: :wls: : [:S] | :deu: :ell: :rus: : [:x]
Conlangs: Hawntow, Yorkish, misc.
she/her
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