01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Deseret
Alphabet designed in the 1850s at Brigham Young's direction for English spelling reform.
Alphabet designed in the 1850s at Brigham Young's direction for English spelling reform. Tried as an official script in Utah Territory (Deseret Territory), its 38 signs represent English phonemically, eliminating irregular spelling. "Deseret" derives from a word in the Book of Mormon meaning "honeybee." Used in the Deseret News newspaper from 1854–1869. Today it serves as material for Mormon historical research and linguistics education.
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Left to right (LTR)
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System
Alphabet
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
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07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
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08REACH