I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My parents raised me in the church, and I was a participant in all the youth programs of the church. When I was about thirteen years old I took part in a program called seminary for junior high children (now no longer offered by the church). One day I wasnโt feeling very well, but attended anyway. I happened to notice two books on one of the shelves. The books were in a very strange alphabet. Luckily, at the beginning of the books there was a key describing the phonetic nature of the characters, how they are transcribed into normal Latin script. The books were in the alphabet called Deseret (Deseret as pronounced in the years they were printed). I asked the teacher if I could take them home to study them. He told me I could actually have them. The next day I stayed home because I was quite sick. I found it quite challenging, but thought I would come back to studying them in time. Over the years I have occasionally poked away at them. I even learned that my great-great grandfather had learned and occasionally used the alphabet. Well, recently I have developed a system for writing the alphabet on computers and placing the results on the internet and producing e-books. This is the result.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช ๐๐ฏ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ ๐ข๐ฐ๐ป๐ฒ๐-๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ป๐ . ๐ฃ๐ด ๐น๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ผ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ, ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ช ๐น๐ฐ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฐ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ ๐ ๐ท๐ญ๐ ๐น๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ช๐บ๐ต๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐จ๐ ๐ท๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ ๐น๐ช๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ช ๐น๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐พ๐ญ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ (๐๐ต ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ด ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ). ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐โ๐ป ๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ป๐ป๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐น๐ฏ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ญ ๐บ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ ๐ซ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐. ๐ ๐บ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐๐พ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ป. ๐ข๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ป ๐ ๐บ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ช ๐ฟ๐จ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ป๐จ๐ฟ ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ธ๐ต ๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐บ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ป. ๐ ๐บ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ช๐๐ผ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ป (๐๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ ๐น๐๐ฌ๐๐ต๐๐ ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ท๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ผ). ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ ๐ป๐จ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฟ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ ๐ป๐ญ ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐. ๐๐จ ๐ป๐ฌ๐๐ผ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ญ๐๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐. ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ ๐ป๐ฉ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ. ๐ ๐๐ต๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐พ๐จ๐ ๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐ซ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ช๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ญ๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ญ ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ด๐. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ท๐จ๐๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐๐จ ๐น๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ป ๐๐ฏ๐. ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ป ๐๐ด ๐๐๐ฉ๐ป-๐๐๐ฉ๐ป ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐๐ช๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐๐จ ๐ท๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ป. ๐๐ฏ๐, ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ป๐๐จ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ป ๐ช ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ป ๐ซ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐น๐ท๐ญ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐น๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฏ๐ป ๐ฐ๐๐ผ ๐น๐๐ฌ๐ผ๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ-๐บ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ . ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ๐๐ป.