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Intro:

The goal of the reformed spelling system is not to change any language, but to make all languages more accessible and consistent in their rules.

Therefore everything about English that's not explained here, isn't removed, but stays the same as it was.

The word "itself" for example is the same, "itself", in the reformed spelling system, because it already follows it's rules. Therefore you don't have to learn a lot of new things, but just a couple of rules. And then you can already use the reformed spelling system.

The vowels:

The reformed spelling system has more letters than English and also more vowels. This is not done to confuse, but to make the sound of letters consistent.

An example of a spelling inconsistency in English is the word "handlebar" in which the first "a" sounds very different from the second "a", while the "e" is completely silent.

These are the vowels of the reformed spelling system and next to them is an example of their sound in English without the reformed spelling:

• Aa - "a" in "hard"; "ea" in "heart"; "u" in "hunt"
• Ee - "e" in "help" or "heptagon"; "a" in "care"
• Ii - "ee" in "Coffee"; "i" in "hint"; "ea" in "Tea"; "y" in "likely"
• Oo - "o" in "shop"; "o" in "gold"
• Ōō - "e" in "nerd"; "u" in "fur"; "ea" in "learn"
• Uu - "oo" in "moon"; "oe" in "shoe"; "o" in "who"
• Ææ - long mixture of a and e like the "a" in "cat"
• Ūū - this sound does not exist in English

By default the vowels make a short sound. If they are meant to make a long sound you add a ^ on to of them.

Thus "AEIOU" become "ÂÊÎÔÛ" in their elongated forms. "ŌŪ" meanwhile become "ǑǓ". "Æ" is always long.

The consonants:

Most of the consonants stay exactly the same as in this way of spelling with the following notable exceptions:

• "ph" becomes "f" if it's pronounced like an "f".
• "g" becomes "j" if it makes the "j"-sound as in "gel".
• "sh" and any other combinations making the "sh"-sound become the new "ш" ("Sha") letter.
• "th" and any other combinations making the "th"-sound become the new "þ" ("Thorn") letter.
• "k" is removed from words like "know", where it's silent, so it always makes the "k"-sound.
• "s" is converted to "z" if it makes the "z"-sound from "zoo"; for example "these" becomes "þîz".
• The letter "c" is abolished and converted to either "k", "s", "tш", "ш", "z" or "ts" depending on the way it sounds.
• The letter "q" is abolished and converted to either "k", "ku", "ky", "kyu", "ke" or "kv" depending on the way it sounds.
• The English letter "x" is now called "x" ("Khi") and makes the sound of the Greek/Russian "X" or German "ch", which does not exist in English. The English letter "x" is therefore replaced with "ks" which shouldn't cause any difference in the sound of words.
• "y" becomes "i" if it makes the "ee"-sound.
• All silent letters are removed.
• Double consonants become single consonants unless you actually pronounce them twice.

The complete alphabet:

The alphabet thus contains the following letters (in Brackets: how you'd spell the letter names in the old spelling system):

• a (ah)
• b (beh)
• þ (thorn)
• d (deh)
• e (eh)
• f (ef)
• g (geh)
• h (ha)
• i (ee)
• j (jay)
• k (kah)
• l (el)
• m (em)
• n (en)
• o (oh)
• p (peh)
• ш (sha)
• r (er)
• s (es)
• t (teh)
• u (oo)
• v (veh)
• w (way)
• x (khi)
• y (yot)
• z (zet)
• ā (ae)
• ō (e)
• ū (?)

Example conversions:

The following are a couple of example sentences with the old spelling system on top and the reformed spelling system below:

How are you?

Hau âr yû?

What do you think about this?

Wot dû yû þink ebaut þis?

You can now use the reformed spelling system.

Yû kæn nau yûz þe rîformd spelling sistem.

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