A VIEW OF THE PHONETIC ALPHABET, 



IN VARIOUS STYLES OF WRITING AND PRINTING. 



CONSONANTS. 



( Examples 



bib 



tight 



deed 



church 



judge 



cdJce 



Pff 



/aith 



waive 



b&th 



b&the 



sauce 



size 



s&ip 



azure 



sing 

 lull 



roar 

 ( way 

 \ .'/oa 



/(ay 



P P 



B b 

 T t 

 D d 



J J 

 K k 



Gg 

 F f 

 V v 

 R S 



a d 



S s 

 Z z 



2 J 

 X 3 

 M m 

 N n 

 W g 

 L 1 

 R r 

 W w 



Y y 

 H h 



Old English. 



% b 



% t 

 $ b 



^ 1 

 H k 



J f 



m i 

 m ti 

 s « 



£ ^ 



Mm 

 ft n 



$ I 

 # r 



sa to 

 1 s 



$ k 



B b 

 T t 

 D d 



&s 

 J j 



K k 

 Gff 

 Ff 



V v 

 R 6 



a a 



S s 

 Z z 



z S 



X 3 



Mm 



N n 



w y 



L I 

 R r 

 Ww 



Yy 

 H h 



Script. 





9s 



% ti 



&> 



J& z 



3 2- 



J? n 



m 4 



Short, 

 hand. 



\ 



Vs. 



( 

 ( 



••) 

 °) 



J 

 J 



Name. 



pee 

 bee 

 tee 

 dee 

 chay 



jay 

 kay 



gay 



ef 



vee 



ith 



thee 



/<" 



mg 



el 



ar 



way 



yea 



aitch 



VOWELS. 



Examples 



Roman. 



pat 



A a 



alms 



a b 



pet 



E e 



age 



8 8 



pit 



I i 



eat 



I i 



pot 



O o 



all 



O o 



but 



3" V 



old 



& er 



pat 



U u 



ooze 



UJm 



Old English. 



% 3 



A a 



« z 

 M t 

 I i 



ma 



® er 



1 n 



mm 



ZfaKc. 



A a 

 R a 

 E e 

 8 s 

 I i 

 I i 

 O o 

 O o 

 3"* 

 

 6 r u 

 TUta 



Script. 



£ e 



(Pa 



(p * 



Short- 

 hand. 



DIPHTHONGS. 



my 



* i 







V V 



eye 



you 



The diphthongs in "ay (yes), boy, boil, now, noun," are 

 L'ltten by the single letters that represent their elements, thus : 



ai 



01 



ou 



The Phonetic Alphabet consists of 38 letters, namely, the 23 useful ) 



letters of the common alphabet (c, q, and x being rejected,) and 15 S 



new ones. The vowels a, e, i, o, u have invariably their short sounds, < 



as input, pet, pit, pot, put. All the other old letters have their usual ( 



signification. ( 



SPECIMEN OF PHONETIC PRINTING. 



Bj de Fernetik Alfabet eni person, eld or ysr), J 



me bi tot tu rid, berf in fernetik and in ordinari j 



buks, in foj msn^s,— ai, ofen in twenti ourz' in- ( 



stvrekjon,— a task whig iz rerli akomplijt in ^ri < 



JJrz ov toil bi de eld alfabet. Whot feder or tiger ( 



wil not liel dis gret burn tu edukefon P— dis pouer- j 

 ful majin for de difq3on ov nolej ! 



Luke 0. 2U-45. 



20 And hi lifted xp hiz [z on hiz disjpelz, and sed, Blesed bu yi pair 

 for qr'z iz de kindom ov God. 



21 Blesed ar y.i dat hunger nou : for yi /al bi fild. Blesed ar yi 

 dat v>\ip nou : for yi Jal lsf. 



22 Blesed ar yi, when men Jal het \\, and when de J"al separet ^ 

 from der ksmpani, and J'al reprtjq i\, and kast out u_r nem az ivil, for 

 de Ssn ov man'z sek. 



23 Kejois yi in dat de, and lip for joi : for, beherld, iir reword iz 

 gret in heven : for in de ljk maner did der ffiderz sntu de profets. 



24 Bst wo - untu i\ dat ar riq! for yi hav resivd \\v konserle/on. 



25 Wer untu q dat ar ful ! for yi Jal buijger. W& sntu q dat lef 

 nou ! for yi Jal merrn and wip. 



26 Wer until q. when ol men Jal spik wel ov q ! for ser did der fe- 

 derz tu de frals profets. 



27 B&'t { se sntu q whig hir, Lsv qr enemiz, dm gud tu dem whiq 

 het q, 



28 Bles dem dat ksrs q, and pre for dem whig despjtfuli qz q. 



29 And untu him dat smjte^ di on de wxn gik ofer ol3er de uder ; 

 and him dat tt'ke^ awe d( klek forbid not tu tek dj kot olser. 



30 Giv tu everi man dat asked- ovdi ; and ov him dat teked awe 

 dj gudz ask dem not agen. 



31 And az yi wud dat men Jud duu tu q, doi yi olser tu dem likwjz. 



32 For if yi h>v dem whig lsv q, whot dank hav yi ? for sinerz olae 

 lsv derz dat lsv dem. 



33 And if yi doi gud tu dem whig dui gud tu q, whot daijk hav yi ? 

 for sinerz olser dm iven de sem. 



34 And if yi lend tu dem ov hunn yi hop tu resiv, whot dank hav 

 yi ? for sinerz olser lend tu sinerz, tu resiv az msg agen. 



35 Bst lsv yi qr enemiz, and doi gud, and lend, herpin for nsdirj 

 agen ; and qr reword Jal bi gret, and y.i Jal bi de gildren ov de Hjest : 

 for hi iz lqnd sntu de undagkful and tu de ivil. 



36 Bi yi derl'err mersiful, az qr feder olso- iz mersiful. 



37 Jsj not, and y.i Jal not bijsjd: kondem not, and yi Jal not bi 

 kondemd: forgiv, and yi Jal bi forgiven : 



38 Giv, and it Jal bi given sntuq; gud 'me3ur, prest doun, and 

 Jekeu tugeder, and rsnig aver, Jal men giv intu qr buizom. For wid 

 de sem me^ur dat yi mit widol it Jal bi me3urd tu q agen. 



39 And hi spek a parabel sntu dem, Kande bljnd lid de bljnd ? Jal 

 de not bed fol intu de dig ? 



40 <Ie disjpel iz not absv hiz master : bst everiwsn dat iz perfekt 

 Jal bi az hiz master. 



41 And whj beherldest dou de mert dat iz in dj brsder'z \, bst 

 persivest not de bim dat iz in djn em { ? 



42 ider hou kanst dou se tu dj brsder, Brsder, let mi pul out de 

 mert dat iz in djn j, when dou djself beherldest not de bim dat iz in 

 djn on j? 3ou hipokrit, kast out ferst de bim out ov djn en j, and 

 den Jalt dou si klirli tu pul out de mert dat iz in &\ brsder'z [. 



43 For a gud tri brined not fyitf korspt fruit; njder dsd a korspt 

 tri brig f'errd gud fruit. 



44 For everi tri iz nem bj hiz em fruit. For ov dornz men dm not 

 gader figz, nor ov a brambel buj gader de greps. 



45 A gud man out ov de gud trejur ov hiz hart brined ferrd- dat 

 whig iz gud ; and an ivil man out ov de ivil tregur ov hiz hart brined' 

 ferrd d&t whig iz ivil; for ov de absndans ov de hart hiz moud spiked- 



