Renglish (Ренглиш)

Renglish is an alternative method of writing English using the Cyrillic or Latin alphabets invented by Level Leap Inc, who spent a few months testing and perfecting the Cyrillic version with help from several Russians and a Serbian.

Notable features

Some letters in the Cyrillic version do not represent the same sounds as the original Slavic languages.
No special letters are needed so standard fonts can be used.

Renglish Cyrillic alphabet

Notes

Long E
ЕЕ at the beginning and middle of a word
И at the end of a masculine/neuter name/word
ИЙ at the end of a feminine name/word
ЕЙ and Ё
Ё at the beginning of a word and middle of multiable syllable words
ЕЙ at the end of a word or in a one syllable word
Е/Я letter
ЭР is used for the "E+R" sound (e.g. Hair is Хэр)
ЭН is used for the en/æn sound (e.g. And is Энд, Can is Кэн)
ЭМ is used for the em/æm sound (e.g. Slam is Слэм)
Nouns
To help distinguish some homophones more easily, all nouns are capitalised
However I, Thou, You, They, He, She, and It are not capitalised
Plurals
To better help one's eyes recognise plurals, all s/es/ez/z plurals are written with з/ез
Special forms
The "er/ur" sounds are always written "ер"
The verb ending "ing" is written "инг", however in other forms it is written "еенг" (Ringing is Реенгинг)

Renglish Latin alphabet

Notes

Long E
Í at the end of feminine names/words
Y at the end of masculine/neuter names/words
EI and É
É at the beginning of a word and the middle of a multiple syllable word
EI at the end of a word or in a one syllable word
ER/ANN
ÉR is used for the "E+R" and "A+RR" sound (e.g. Hair is Hér)
AMM is used for the em/æm sound (e.g. Slam is Slamm)
ANN is used for the en/æn sound (e.g. And is And, Can is Kann)
Ú/A
To make Ú short as in Look, it is followed by either a combination of consonants or double consonant
To make A short as in Cat, it is followed by either a combination of consonants or a double consonant
Schwa/U
It is optional to write short U (as in Cut) "ù" to show that it is not Schwa
Nouns
To help distinguish some homophones more easily, all nouns are capitalised
However I, Thou, You, They, He, She, and It are not capitalised
Plurals
To better help one's eyes recognise plurals, all s/es/ez/z plurals are written with z/ez
Special forms
The "er/ur" sounds are always written "er"
The verb ending "ing" is written "íng", however in other forms it is written "yng" (e.g. Ringing is Ryngíng)
Past tense (as in t/et/ed/d) is always written "ed"

Download alphabet charts for Renglish (Excel)

Sample text in the Renglish Cyrillic alphabet

Ал Хйюмън бееингз ар борн фри энд еекўъл ин Дигнити энд Райтз. Ђей ар ендауед ўић Реезън энд Каншънс энд шюдд якт тъўордс ўун ънуђер ин ё Спирит ъв Бруђергхюдд.

Sample text in the Renglish Latin alphabet

Al Hjúmun Byyngz ar born fry and ykwul in Dignity and Rætz. Ðei ar endáed wiþ Ryzun and Kanshuns and shúdd akt tuwords wun unùðer in é Spirit uv Brùðerhúdd.

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)

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