These writing and spelling systems are alternative ways of writing English and other languages. Most are designed to make it easier to learn how to write English.
![]() Benjamin Franklin's Phonetic Alphabet |
![]() Deseret |
Dialectal Paleotype | ![]() Pitman Initial Teaching Alphabet |
![]() Quikscript/Read Alphabet |
![]() Shavian |
These writing systems that can be used to phonetically indicate the pronunciation of any language.
![]() International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) |
![]() Visible Speech |
![]() Alchemical symbols |
![]() Blissymbolics |
![]() Braille |
![]() Moon |
![]() Shorthand |
![]() Solresol |
![]() Sutton SignWriting |
![]() Yi Jing Hexagrams (六十四卦) |
These communication systems are designed to send messages via flags, lights, sound or electric pulses.
![]() Maritime Signal Flags |
-- --- •-• ••• • -•-• --- -•• • Morse code |
![]() Semaphore |
A brief history of communication systems
https://www.mhelpdesk.com/field-service-management-guide-telecommunications-timeline/
transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are used extensively throughout this website. The IPA transcriptions are the letters and other symbols which appear in square bracketts, like this [b], [p]. etc.
You can learn about the IPA and phonetics at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
http://www.nativlang.com/linguistics/ipa-pronunciation-lessons.php
http://cmed.faculty.ku.edu/acdapres/rabeipa/index.html
https://linguischtick.wordpress.com/ipa/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBo5LAVYtX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2frVKeVTKU
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