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๐๐ท-๐๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ. ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐น๐๐ผ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ต๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ด๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐, ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ผ๐. ๐ฟ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฝ.
๐๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฐ ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐น๐ฉ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐๐บ ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ณ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ. ๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ค ๐๐ด, ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ธ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐; ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ท๐ค๐๐ด, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ต ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ผ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ต๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐พ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ค๐น๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ผ ๐ค๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ก.
๐ฆ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ข๐น๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ค๐ฒ๐ฏ๐. ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฑ ๐ท๐ค๐๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ค ๐น ๐ช๐ฏ ยท๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ผ.
๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐
๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ป๐ค๐ฆ 1960๐ ๐๐ฒ ยท๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ ยท๐๐ป๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ. ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ค ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ ยท๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ท, ๐ฃ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ฑ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐น๐๐ช๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐. ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ค ๐ฅ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ด๐๐ฉ๐ค๐, ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ท๐ ๐๐ค๐ฑ ยท๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ 1962. ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐๐ (๐๐ท๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ค ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐น๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ด๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ), ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ-๐ข๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฅ, ๐๐ณ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ธ ๐๐จ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฏ ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ป๐ค๐.
๐ ๐ฅ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฑ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐๐พ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ป๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐๐๐ผ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐ฏ๐, ๐ข๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฏ๐ shavian.info.
Shaw-Script is a literary and artistic magazine, written entirely in the Shavian alphabet and dedicated to promoting this beautiful writing system. It is published quarterly and contains a wide variety of work including poetry and essays, as well as a catalogue of recent news in the world of Shavian letters. You can find past issues here.
By publishing this magazine, we want to provide a forum for writers and readers to share and discover new works published in Shavian. We believe that the alphabet is not only, as a glance at Shavian calligraphy will show, a work of art in itself; it is also, by virtue of its ability to represent spoken English accurately and fluently, a medium for exploring the bounds of what is possible in our language.
If you wish to submit something, please check out the submission guidelines. You may also contact us directly by email or on Twitter.
About the Alphabet
The Shavian alphabet was designed in the early 1960s by Ronald Kingsley Read, a designer from Birmingham. Its creation was prompted by the will of Irish playwright Bernard Shaw, who intended the alphabet to replace the traditional English orthography, which he and many others then and now viewed as extremely outdated and inefficient. It made a great deal more progress than most spelling reform proposals, culminating in a transliteration of Shawโs play Androcles and the Lion being published in 1962. Due to lack of funds (Shawโs will was challenged in court and the alphabet never received most of the money), this was the high-water mark of Shavian as a spelling reform, but it lives on. Many people are fascinated by its elegant aesthetics and there is a small but passionate community of users around the world.
For a good overview and introduction to the Shavian alphabet, its quirks, its history, and spelling conventions, we recommend shavian.info.