Global InformationEnglish Phonotypic Alphabet information
The English Phonotypic Alphabet is a phonetic alphabet developed by Sir Isaac Pitman and Alexander John Ellis originally as an English language spelling reform.[1] Although never gaining wide acceptance, elements of it were incorporated into the modern International Phonetic Alphabet.[2]
It was originally published in June 1845.[3] Subsequently, adaptations were published which extended the alphabet to the German, Arabic, Spanish, Tuscan, French, Welsh, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese and Sanskrit languages.[4]
- ^ Daniels, Peter T. (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press. p. 831. ISBN 0-19-507993-0.
- ^ Coulmas, Florian (12 March 1999). "English Phonotypic Alphabet". The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. Wiley. ISBN 0-631-21481-X.
- ^ "Completion of the Phonotypic Alphabet". The Phonotypic Journal. 4 (42). Bath: Phonographic Institution: 105–106. June 1845.
- ^ "Extension of the Phonotypic Alphabet". The Phonotypic Journal. 4 (43). Bath: Phonographic Institution: 121–123. June 1845.