Sanskreng

Orthographic Reform of the English Language

by Viktor Medrano
vmed@hotmail.com

Initialized: 2006.01.12
Last Modified: 2006.01.15

Concept: Use the Devanâgarî script to represent phonemes in English. Devanâgarî is used in Sanskrit and Hindi, among other languages. The target English dialect would be a North American standard dialect.

Consonant Example CXS
ब book/b/
छ cheese/tS/
द dog/d/
ध़ that/D/
फ़ fat/f/
ग go/g/
ह hen/h/
झ joke/dZ/
ख cook/k/
ख़ loch/x/
ल look/l/
म men/m/
न not/n/
ड़ sing/N/
फ puck/p/
र ran/r\/
स see/s/
श show/S/
थ tea/t/
थ़ thin/T/
भ़ victor/v/
व week/w/
य yes/j/
ज़ zebra/z/
ज azure/Z/

Isolated VowelExample Consonant M
with Vowel		ExampleCXS
आः माः arm/a/
आ मा cat/&/
ए मे pay/e/
ऐ मै bet/E/
इ मि sip/I/
ई मी feet/i/
ओ मो hop/o/
औ मौ saw/O/
अः मः sun/V/
अ म alone/@/
उ मु put/U/
ऊ मू root/u/

Specimen

Unreformed

Nobody today is normal, everybody is a little bit crazy or unbalanced, people's minds are running all the time.

-Taisen Deshimaru

CXS

'n@wb@dI tu:'dej Iz 'nOrml, 'EvrIb@dI Iz @ 'lItl bIt 'krejzI or Vn'b&l@nst, 'pi:plz 'majndz ar 'rVnIN Ol D@ 'tajm.

Sanskreng

नव्बदि थूदेय् इज़् नैर्म्ल्, ऐभ़्रिबदि इज़् अ लिथ्ल् बिथ् ख्रेय्ज़ि ओर् अःन्बालन्स्थ्, फीफ्ल्ज़् माःय्न्द्ज़् आःर् रःनिड़् औल् ध़ थाःय्म् ।