The Deseret Alphabet was a phonetic version of English that was created by early Mormons in Utah.
Words in the Deseret Alphabet have no formalized spelling, because it is a way to convey exactly how you meant the word to be pronounced.
| Vowels | Consonants | ||||||||||
| Long Sounds | Short Sounds | ||||||||||
| Letter | Name | Letter | Name | Letter | Name | Letter | Name | Letter | Name | Letter | Name |
| 𐐀 | 𐐨 | Long I | 𐐆 | 𐐮 | Short I | 𐐌 | 𐐴 | Ay | 𐐑 | 𐐹 | P | 𐐘 | 𐑀 | Gay | 𐐟 | 𐑇 | Esh |
| 𐐁 | 𐐩 | Long E | 𐐇 | 𐐯 | Short E | 𐐦 | 𐑎 | Oi | 𐐒 | 𐐺 | Bee | 𐐙 | 𐑁 | Ef | 𐐠 | 𐑈 | Zhee |
| 𐐂 | 𐐪 | Long A | 𐐈 | 𐐰 | Short A | 𐐍 | 𐐵 | Ow | 𐐓 | 𐐻 | Tee | 𐐚 | 𐑂 | Vee | 𐐡 | 𐑉 | Er |
| 𐐃 | 𐐫 | Long Ah | 𐐉 | 𐐱 | Short Ah | 𐐧 | 𐑏 | Ew | 𐐔 | 𐐼 | Dee | 𐐛 | 𐑃 | Eth | 𐐢 | 𐑊 | El |
| 𐐄 | 𐐬 | Long O | 𐐊 | 𐐲 | Short O | 𐐎 | 𐐶 | Wu | 𐐕 | 𐐽 | Chee | 𐐜 | 𐑄 | Thee | 𐐣 | 𐑋 | Em |
| 𐐅 | 𐐭 | Long Oo | 𐐋 | 𐐳 | Short Oo | 𐐏 | 𐐷 | Yee | 𐐖 | 𐐾 | Jee | 𐐝 | 𐑅 | Es | 𐐤 | 𐑌 | En |
| 𐐐 | 𐐸 | H | 𐐗 | 𐐿 | Kay | 𐐞 | 𐑆 | Zee | 𐐥 | 𐑍 | Eng | ||||
Vowels
Long Sounds
Short Sounds
Letter
Name
As in…
Letter
Name
As in…
𐐀 | 𐐨
Long I
eat, theme, beach, agree, receive, achieve, gasoline, ski, evil, bead
𐐆 | 𐐮
Short I
it, in, if,
into, give, his, thick, will, with, include
𐐁 | 𐐩
Long E
date, name, major, freight, made, wave, tapes, lazy, state, taste
𐐇 | 𐐯
Short E
dress, bet, net,
error, merry, bed, else, ever, never
𐐂 | 𐐪
Long A
bar, car, art, arm,
argue, charm, march, dark, hard, large
𐐈 | 𐐰
Short A
at, bad, bat, act, add, and, hand, track, flat, land, man
𐐃 | 𐐫
Long Ah
ought, water, watt, ball, call, fall, hawk, jaw,
author, caught
𐐉 | 𐐱
Short Ah
on, box, got, model, obvious, wad, wander, wash, top, stop
𐐄 | 𐐬
Long O
Bogus, bonus, focus, hotel, local, moment, omit, poem, program, protect
𐐊 | 𐐲
Short O
uh, bun, but, cut, fun, gun, lunch, run, summer, sun, thunder
𐐅 | 𐐭
Long Oo
moo, boo, sue, food, June, group, goofy, tune, cool
𐐋 | 𐐳
Short Oo
book, cook, foot, hood, look, took, wood, wool, whoops, could
Consonants
Letter
Name
As in…
𐐌 | 𐐴
Ay
ice, dice, die, pie, tie, bind, sign, try, guy, eye
𐐦 | 𐑎
Oi
avoid, coin, join, noise, oil, point, voice, boy, toy, royal
𐐍 | 𐐵
Ow
out, foul, cloud, noun, sour, around, count, cow, wow, how
𐐧 | 𐑏
Ew
you, youth, community, museum, music, excuse, argue, unicorn, hue, rescue
𐐎 | 𐐶
Wu
weeks, one, wasted, work,
why, wet, aware, question, away, quack
𐐏 | 𐐷
Yee
yeah, yes, yard, young, year
𐐐 | 𐐸
H
Harold, habit, hair, human, happy, hang, hard,
handle, hat
𐐑 | 𐐹
Pee
power, park, people, plan,
public, politics, please, pop, pine, pipe
𐐒 | 𐐺
Bee
be, bad, but, buy, book,
bump, both, back, big, best
𐐓 | 𐐻
Tee
too, tax, time, term, ton,
type, travel, test, terrible, tape
𐐔 | 𐐼
Dee
do, did, dead, don’t, drop,
devil, dog, drought, decor,
dazzle
𐐕 | 𐐽
Chee
cheese, teacher, check, chart, chain, cheat, chess, child, China,
charge
𐐖 | 𐐾
Jee
jet, job, page, change, jam, gentle, gym,
gene, gesture, generate
𐐗 | 𐐿
Kay
key, kick, king, kiss, kill, kid, keen, kitchen, kind
𐐘 | 𐑀
Gay
goose, gas, go, good, guess, ghost, guitar, gulp, gone,
give
𐐙 | 𐑁
Ef
phone, fellow, female, find, phonetic, five, fact, phrase, alphabet, friend
𐐚 | 𐑂
Vee
vast, village, over, have, vacation, value, vary,
verb, video, victim
𐐛 | 𐑃
Eth
thigh, both, bath, thanks, theme,
Thursday, breath, north, path
𐐜 | 𐑄
Thee
the, that, mother, gather, them, then, although, another, bother, clothing
𐐝 | 𐑅
Es
sword, synonym, sizzle,
squawk, subject, squirm,
simple, squat, squid, six
𐐞 | 𐑆
Zee
zombie, zip,
zig-zag,
zoom, zoo, zone, zebra
𐐟 | 𐑇
Esh
push, fish, crash, fashion, commission, action, patience, ocean, Asia, assure
𐐠 | 𐑈
Zhee
vision, usually, conclusion, confusion, decision, exposure, measure, pleasure, genre, collision
𐐡 | 𐑉
Er
right, rip
razzle-dazzle,
reject, rock, row, rake,
razor, request, realize,
𐐢 | 𐑊
El
Like, lock, lazy, love, lick,
lack, lizard, lung, lamb
𐐣 | 𐑋
Em
Mom, muzzle, major, mix,
mail, majesty, man,
miss, mass
𐐤 | 𐑌
En
No, Nuzzle, Nit, Nut,
Nimble, Nibble, Novel,
Nickel, Nullify, Nerve
𐐥 | 𐑍
Eng
bang, gang, hang, king, ring, along, song, among, long, sting