Jespanglish

Jespanglish is an alternative alphabet for English created by Murray Callahan and was based on zaydenm's Jespan Script. Some letters have been modified for handwriting.

Notable features

Type of writing system: abjad / consonant alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right
Used to write: English

Jespanglish

Download an alphabet chart for Jespanglish (Excel)

Notes

Certain letters can have a dot written below them to represent a second phoneme, for example, the letter for [t] can represent [d] in this way.
In closed syllables, vowel diacritics are written above the consonant that follows them, like in Sindarin Tengwar. In open syllables, vowel diacritics are written on the right side of the consonant that precedes them.
The letter for [h] can be written with a dot below to represent an empty consonant for when writing words beginning with vowels.
The letter for [s/ʃ] has a second lowercase form for when it appears at the end of a word, like the Greek letter sigma.

Sample texts

Sample text in Jespanglish

Translation

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)

Constructed / Adapted scripts by Murray Callahan

Angerthas Rossiya, Azkarthelian, Cirth for Hungarian, Finnish Runes, Jespanglish, Melronian, Nuevoladino, Saturnian, Tengwar for Russian, Tengwar for Ukrainian

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