Jierimse

Jierimse was invented by Kobey Hill as an alternative way to write Austalian English, and was inspired by the Glagolitic and Ge'ez scripts. It could also be used to write other varieties of English.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left-to-right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Australian English
Each letter corresponds to each sound one-to-one
Long vowels and diphthongs are written with diacritics on regular vowel letters; above the letters for long vowels and the opposite for diphthongs
An extra letter can be used to represent the realization of the consonant cluster /hj/ into /ç/ that can occur in some speakers
Voiced consonants are vertically flipped voiceless consonants
The documentation of IPA symbols in the alphabet table are according to the Wikipedia article on Australian English, and might differ from other documentations such as dictionaries.

Jierimse alphabet

Jierimse

Download a font for Jierimse
Download an alphabet chart for Jierimse (Excel)

Sample text in Jierimse

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Jierimse

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Information about Austalian English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology
https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/australian-english

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