C'z Iŋglis̈ Alfubet (C's English Alphabet)

Wï C, Wï? (Why C, Why?)

I'll explain, I swear.... later.

For now, just know that this has been 3 years in the making, with help from many many many (mostly either unwilling or mocking) students.  If adopted, I predict the effective end of illiteracy. We learn the alphabet in Kindergarten, and then spend the next 12 years of school having to learn why it doesn't work.  What if we threw off the shackles of our Roman/Latin oppressors and created an actual English alphabet, made for our language?  What if in Kindergarten, you learned the alphabet, and then you could just read?

"That's Not Realistic C.  You can't just change the alphabet."

Oh ya?  The Turkish did it when they replaced the Arabic alphabet with their own Turkish one! Granted, they had the help of being a dictatorship....  Ok, how about Canada's switch to the metric system?  It could happen like that.

Þë Alfubet (The Alphabet)

The table below shows all the differences between the Roman/Latin alphabet you are current indoctrinated into using, and Mr C's new and improved English Alphabet.  Most consonants are the same, with a couple exceptions.  Five new consonants and one new vowel are required.

Each new letter has it's name underneath in parentheses, and it's four character Unicode value (see below for how to type the characters on a computer)


"Short" Vowels


"Long" Vowels


New Consonants

Changed Consonants

ə
(schwa)
u0259

unstressed vowel:

'u' in put
'e' in carpet

  ̈
u0308

 ‾
u0304

to indicate a long vowel, add:

  • two dots above the vowel, or
  • a line above the vowel

ŋ
(eng)
u014B

'ng' sound as in:

song

y

'y' as in yes, also

first part of 'u' in use

a
short 'a' as in pat
ä
ā

long 'a' as in hate, also:

'ei' in eight

s̈
(she)
s + u0308

'sh' sound as in she
c
'ch' sound as in church
e

short 'e' as in pet

ë

ē

long 'e' as in pete, also:

'y' in any

z̈
(zhe)
z + u0308

'zh' sound:

'ge' in garage
'zu' in siezure
'su' in measure

s
only soft 's' as in say
i

short 'i' as in pit

ï

ī

long 'i' as in kite, also:

'y' in cry

þ
(thorn)
u00FE

'th' in the



g
only hard 'g' as in go
o

short 'o' as in pot

ö

ō

long 'o' as in rope

ð
(eth)
u00F0

'th' in thing


u

short 'a' as in putt

ü

u̅

long 'u' as in duty, also:

'oe' in shoe
'oo' in goop
'ew' in stew





Tïpəŋ Spes̈əl Kerəktərz (Typing Special Characters)

To type special characters in Ubuntu (and many other Linux distros) you can use the special code Ctrl + Shift+ U (which will appear as an underlined u) then type the four digit code for the character (e.g. 0259), then hit Space or Enter and the u will turn into the character for that code.

For example, to type thorn: þ, you would type this combo of keys: Ctrl + Shift + U, 0, 0, F, E, Space
  

To create a long vowel with two dots or a line above it, type the vowel, then type the code combo for the symbol as described above.  The line or dots will appear above the letter.  For example, to type ā, you would type: a, Ctrl + Shift + U, 0, 0, F, E, Space