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The Shavian alphabet or Shaw alphabet. You’ve either never heard of it, love it, or smugly dismiss it. Guess which category I fit in. Brought to you by the guy (he/him) behind Shavian.info
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I want people to enjoy using #Shavian, and to learn by writing for fun and reading what interests them. Let’s keep things positive. If you want spelling suggestions put #𐑣𐑬𐑟𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 in your post or profile. And please do not ‘correct’ the spelling of anyone in my replies who does not use this tag.
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I made a Shavian pangram:

𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑠 𐑐𐑽 𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑻 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑝𐑶𐑦𐑡 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑛 𐑹 𐑿𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑺𐑾: 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼.

She dropped anchor at the beige pier and thought how her watery voyage charmed or united the area: yes, her crew’s faces all looked aglow with wonder.

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February 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
𐑞 𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑐𐑽𐑦𐑪𐑛𐑦𐑒 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑸 𐑯𐑬 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 ·𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕. 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑸 𐑑𐑵 𐑮𐑰𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑼𐑛 𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑽 𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑮𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑼𐑦. 🤓 readlex.pythonanywhere.com
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February 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑥 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑚𐑳𐑑, 𐑓𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑣𐑧𐑒, 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑯𐑴 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑼𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑤 ·𐑮𐑪𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑥𐑩𐑒𐑛𐑪𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑕𐑴 𐑑𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑦𐑙! upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I've done some work on the back-end of the ReadLex and I'm hoping it now works a little faster for people. readlex.pythonanywhere.com #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
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January 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑹𐑛𐑼𐑛 𐑥𐑲 𐑒𐑪𐑐𐑦 𐑝 ·𐑚𐑤𐑵 𐑸 𐑞 𐑣𐑦𐑤𐑟 𐑚𐑲 @lillypip.bsky.social! 𐑩 𐑥𐑪𐑛𐑼𐑯 𐑯𐑪𐑝𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑩 𐑮𐑺𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑯 𐑲 𐑒𐑭𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑱𐑑 𐑓 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑱 𐑑 ·𐑪𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑤𐑾.
👀 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 👀

I'm so excited to announce the #Shavian edition of my sci-fi novel is officially available!

Blue Are the Hills is a modern psychological sci-fi novel about identity, transhumanism, and hope. I'd love for you to check it out!

#shavian #indieauthor #orthography #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
Blue Are the Hills (Shavian Edition)
Amazon.com: Blue Are the Hills (Shavian Edition): 9798272981851: Piper, Lilly: Books
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January 26, 2026 at 9:40 AM
𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑕𐑥𐑷𐑤 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑳𐑐𐑛𐑱𐑑𐑕 𐑑 𐑞 ·𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕. 𐑲𐑝 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑬𐑑 𐑩 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑪𐑯 -arily, -cally 𐑯 -llion 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟, 𐑐𐑤𐑳𐑕 𐑩 𐑓𐑿 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑯 𐑒𐑼𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟. #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 github.com/Shavian-info...
GitHub - Shavian-info/readlex: The Read Lexicon: a spelling dictionary for the Shavian alphabet following the rhotic Received Pronunciation standard.
The Read Lexicon: a spelling dictionary for the Shavian alphabet following the rhotic Received Pronunciation standard. - Shavian-info/readlex
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January 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
𐑲𐑥 𐑨𐑯𐑩𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑒, 𐑓𐑮𐑨𐑟𐑥𐑪𐑑𐑦𐑒, 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑳𐑙𐑒𐑗𐑫𐑩𐑕 𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑐𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑚𐑪𐑚𐑘𐑩𐑤𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯.
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
𐑐𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑓𐑱𐑝𐑼𐑦𐑑 ·𐑛𐑪𐑒𐑑𐑼 𐑣𐑵. 𐑮𐑪𐑙 𐑭𐑯𐑕𐑼𐑟 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦.
June 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I have released a new Shavian keyboard layout, 'Shaw JAFL', for use with the Keyman app.

The layout has been designed with carpalx to minimise typing effort, with common letters in the home row and compound letters built up by typing their parts (e.g. 𐑩 + 𐑮 = 𐑼).

www.shavian.info/shaw_jafl_ke...
Shavian alphabet info - Shaw JAFL keyboard layout|𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑓𐑴 - ·𐑖𐑷 𐑡𐑨𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑰𐑚𐑹𐑛 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑
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June 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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𐑩 𐑒𐑮𐑲 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑯𐑲𐑑
𐑐𐑽𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑐𐑰𐑕𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑦𐑞𐑩𐑥 -
𐑤𐑴𐑯 𐑢𐑫𐑤𐑓 𐑤𐑪𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑥 𐑐𐑨𐑒.

#𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 #𐑣𐑲𐑒𐑵 #shavian #haiku
June 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Google Translate does a hilariously bad job of translating haiku. It translated 鴬や 椿落して 迯て行 cryptically as ‘Drop the eel and the camellia and go’, which had me in stitches. I think it really means something like ‘The nightingale lands on the camellia then flits away’.

Try it on some haiku yourself!
June 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑓 𐑑 𐑩𐑛𐑥𐑦𐑑, 𐑲 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑳𐑯𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑦 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑦 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑻𐑚𐑦𐑙. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑹𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑓𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙. ‹𐑴, 𐑥𐑹 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙𐑤𐑩𐑕 𐑢𐑷𐑤𐑟 𐑝 𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑯𐑴 𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑—𐑒𐑤𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑞𐑺𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑣𐑿𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑣𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑦𐑕›, 𐑲 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑲 𐑛𐑧𐑕𐑐𐑼𐑩𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑒𐑤𐑦𐑒 𐑩𐑢𐑱 𐑑 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑦𐑡 𐑩 𐑓𐑿 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑕 𐑑𐑲𐑥.
June 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
𐑲𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑭𐑕𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑣𐑬 𐑲 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑪𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑣𐑵 𐑻𐑯𐑩𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑰𐑒 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯. 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑟 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑑 ‹𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑑𐑵 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑼› 𐑯 ‹𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑑𐑧𐑮𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑓 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕›. 𐑲𐑥 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑹 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲𐑥 𐑕𐑒𐑧𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑣𐑬 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑾 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑕 𐑚𐑦𐑑𐑢𐑰𐑯 𐑤𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑡𐑩𐑟 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑.
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
𐑲𐑥 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑤𐑧𐑡𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑩𐑤 𐑓𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑕. 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑑 ·𐑝𐑲 𐑜𐑮𐑱 𐑓 𐑨𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑯𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑑 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑓𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑒𐑹𐑐𐑩𐑕. vigrey.com/journal/i-ma...
I Made a Font!
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March 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
𐑲𐑥 𐑒𐑳𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑝 ·𐑤𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯, ·𐑑𐑨𐑟𐑥𐑱𐑯𐑾, 𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑛 𐑭𐑓𐑑𐑼 ·𐑤𐑭𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑯, ·𐑒𐑹𐑯𐑢𐑷𐑤. 𐑦𐑯 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯, 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑕𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑳𐑑𐑼𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑘𐑩𐑤𐑩𐑕.
March 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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𐑦𐑓 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑣𐑰 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑴𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑡𐑶 𐑣𐑟 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑐𐑰𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱. 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑔𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑕 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑼 ·𐑮𐑰𐑛.
February 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kingsley Read, the unassuming designer of the Shavian alphabet, was born this day, 19 February, in 1887. And to celebrate, I finally have a decently clear photo of the man (taken 1947). #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
February 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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𐑚𐑵𐑒𐑱 𐑝 𐑮𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑟
𐑢𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑹𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐 -
𐑥𐑲 𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑟.

·𐑥𐑲𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑱 𐑥𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑯 2025

#𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 #𐑛𐑱𐑤𐑦-𐑣𐑲𐑒𐑵-𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑑
February 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
𐑲𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑦 𐑪𐑯𐑤𐑲𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑴 𐑛𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑼𐑩𐑕: 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑜𐑧𐑑𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑑𐑲𐑥.
February 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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𐑓𐑱𐑛𐑦𐑙
𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑟
𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑚𐑺 𐑚𐑮𐑭𐑯𐑗𐑩𐑟

𐑩 𐑑𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑲𐑯
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January 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑑𐑮𐑴𐑐𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑑 𐑝 𐑮𐑲𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑚𐑱𐑑 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑬 𐑦𐑑 ‹𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑯𐑴𐑢𐑺›. 𐑲𐑥 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑖𐑫𐑼 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑵𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑧𐑛. 𐑣𐑬 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑹𐑔𐑩𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑐𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑸 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑛𐑱𐑤𐑦 𐑿𐑕 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 60 𐑘𐑽𐑟 𐑭𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑐𐑴𐑟𐑛? ·𐑛𐑧𐑟𐑼𐑧𐑑 𐑥𐑱 𐑚𐑰 𐑞 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑭𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤. 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑐𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑸 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑩 𐑛𐑱 𐑭𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑞𐑺 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑐𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑤.
January 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The Shaw alphabet competition in 1960 had four winners. One of these was S L Pugmire. He wrote an article in the Lancet about his proposal which focused on creating word outlines rather than highlighting individual letters. You can read it at archive.org/details/sim_... #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
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Lancet 1960-03-26: Volume 1, Issue 7126.Digitized from IA1642303-03.Previous issue: sim_the-lancet_1960-03-19_1_7125.Next issue:...
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January 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
𐑕𐑪𐑮𐑦, 𐑓𐑨𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑒-𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑸𐑛 𐑜𐑱𐑥𐑟, 𐑥𐑲 𐑥𐑿𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟 𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟 𐑲𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑒𐑤𐑦 𐑥𐑦𐑕 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑑 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑴𐑕𐑑𐑕 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑞 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑹 𐑘𐑽𐑟.
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