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Deseret Alphabet Key  

In Deseret script the only difference between lower and upper case is the size of the characters. In the list below I use only the lower case.

Short Vowels

𐐮 – i as in it
𐐯 – e as in bed
𐐰 – a as in cat
𐐱 – ou as in ought
𐐳 – oo as in book
𐐲 – u as in but
Long Vowels

𐐨 – ee as in bee
𐐩 – ay as in bay
𐐪 – a as in ball
𐐬 – o as in oat
𐐭 – oo as in coop
𐐫 – au as in Paul
Diphthongs

𐐴 – i as in ice
𐐵 – ow as in owl
𐑎 – oi as in rejoice (only some Deseret materials)
𐑏 – ew as in few (only some Deseret materials)

Consonants

𐐺 – b as in boy
𐐽 – ch as in cheese
𐐼 – d as in dog
𐑁 – f as in fall
𐑀 – g as in gate
𐐸 – h as in help
𐐾 – j as in jeep
𐐿 – k as in keep
𐑊 – l as in look
𐑋 – m as in may
𐑌 – n as in now
𐑍 – ng as in sing
𐐹 – p as in pond
𐑉 – r as in rope
𐑅 – s as in sound
𐑇 – sh as in ship
𐐻 – t as in top
𐑄 – th as in that
𐑃 – th as in thing
𐑂 – v as in very
𐐶 – w as in well
𐐷 – y as in you
𐑆 – z as in zoo
𐑈 – s as in pleasure 

 

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