Questions
Coming soon: the answers to these questions.
- Where did Shavian come from?
- But isn't it just a lot of little squiggles?
- But everyone speaks differently anyway!
- Is it Shay-vian or Shavv-ian?
- What standards cover Shavian?
- What Shavian fonts are available?
- How do I type in Shavian on my computer?
- Has anyone tried to improve on Shavian?
- What is the Shavian Set?
- Why don't you use an existing free pronouncing dictionary?
- How do you handle homonyms? For example, what about read and read?
- What codepoints should I use with Shavian?
- What are the frequencies of the letters?
𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟
𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑵𐑯: 𐑞 𐑭𐑯𐑕𐑼𐑟 𐑑 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟.
- 𐑢𐑺 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥?
- 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑟𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑑 𐑝 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑜𐑩𐑤𐑟?
- 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑰𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑕𐑐𐑰𐑒𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑱!
- 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑹 𐑖𐑨𐑝𐑾𐑯?
- 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑛𐑟 𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑼 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯?
- 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑓𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑸 𐑩𐑝𐑱𐑤𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤?
- 𐑣𐑬 𐑛𐑵 𐑲 𐑑𐑲𐑐 𐑦𐑯 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑿𐑑𐑼?
- 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑲𐑛 𐑑 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑮𐑵𐑝 𐑪𐑯 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯?
- 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑕𐑧𐑑?
- 𐑢𐑲 𐑛𐑭𐑯'𐑑𐑰 𐑿 𐑿𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑧𐑒𐑟𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑮𐑰 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑬𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑼𐑦?
- 𐑣𐑬 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑤 𐑣𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑥𐑟? 𐑓𐑹 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑭𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤, 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑛 𐑯 𐑮𐑰𐑛?
- 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑒𐑴𐑛𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑲 𐑿𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯?
- 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑸 𐑞 𐑓𐑮𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑰𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟?