List of English spelling reform proposals

List of English spelling reform proposals

There have been many proposals for English spelling reform:

Proposals for English spelling regularity that conform to the basic Roman alphabet

Common features:
*They do not introduce any new letters or symbols, thus facilitating ease of transition away from the traditional orthography.
*They rely upon familiar digraphs.
*Most do not introduce diacritics (accents), which are not favored by English speakers and can be problematic for computer use.
*They attempt to retain the appearance of existing words.
*There is an increased regularity to the spelling rules.

#britic
#SoundSpel, [ [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saundspel/ Saundspel] ]
#Cut Spelling
#NuEnglish [ [http://www.literacy-research.com/ literacy-research.com] ]
#SR1
#Basic Roman
#Interspel

Proposals for English spelling that augment or replace the basic Roman alphabet

Common features:
* Among other things, these proposals seek to eliminate the extensive use of digraphemes in the English use of the standard Roman alphabet, such as "sh", "ch", voiced "th", voiceless "th", "zh", "ph", "ng", "nk", "gn" and "kn". The impetus for removing digraphs is grounded in the desire to have each letter represent a single sound. In a digraph, the two letters do not represent their individual sounds but instead an entirely different and discrete sound.
*There is an increased regularity to the spelling rules.

#Shavian (revised version: Quikscript)
#Deseret
#S32 alphabet
#Unifon.

References

See also

* English spelling reform

External links

* [http://www.johnreilly.info/sch.htm Some spelling reform schemes]


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