Alternative scripts / notation systems

Alternative writing systems
Phonetic alphabets
Other notation systems
Language-based communication systems
Magical alphabets
Fictional alphabets
Writing systems invented by visitors to this site

Alternative writing systems

These writing systems are used as an alternative scripts for English and other languages.

Interbet

Quikscript/Read Alphabet

Shavian

Phonetic alphabets

These writing systems that can be used to phonetically indicate the pronunciation of any language, or of particular languages.

Benjamin Franklin's Phonetic Alphabet	International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)	Pitman Initial Teaching Alphabet
Unifon	Visible Speech

Other notation systems

Blissymbolics	Braille	Graffiti
Moon	Shorthand	Solresol
Sutton SignWriting

Language-based communication systems

These communication systems are designed to send messages via flags, lights, sound or electric pulses.

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Morse code

Maritime Signal Flags

Semaphore

Magical alphabets

Alphabet of the Magi	Angelic/Celestial	Daggers
Enochian	Malachim	Passing the River
Theban

Please note

transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are used extensively throughout this website. The IPA transcriptions are the letters and other symbols which appear in square bracketts, like this [b], [p]. etc.

You can learn which sounds are represented by these letters and symbols at:
http://www.unil.ch/ling/page30184.html
http://www.unil.ch/ling/page12580.html (en français)

Other types of script

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