Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet (JDPA) Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet (JDPA)

Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet was devised by Jackson Green as an alternative way to write English, specifically their dialect of Canadian English. It is a unicase script with 47 letters, each of which represents a phoneme in Green's dialect.

Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet (JDPA)

Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet (JDPA)

Download an alphabet chart of Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet (Excel)
A font can be found at: https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2333856/jdpa - Times New Roman can also be used (except for QV).

Sample text

Sample text in Jackson's Dialect Phonetic Alphabet (JDPA)

Hear a recording of this text by Jackson Green

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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