What is the Deseret Alphabet? 𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐐿𐐭𐐼𐐬𐑆 𐑁𐐫𐑉 𐐻𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐑊𐐩𐐻𐐮𐑍 𐑄𐐮𐑅! Ep. 178

𐐆𐑌 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐯𐐹𐐮𐑅𐐬𐐼, 𐐔𐐩𐑂𐐮𐐼 𐐻𐐫𐐿𐑅 𐐲𐐺𐐵𐐻 𐑄 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐈𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻. 𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐐮𐑁 𐐷𐐭 𐐪𐑉 𐑀𐐬𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐑄 𐐯𐑁𐐲𐑉𐐻 𐐲𐑂 𐐻𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐑊𐐩𐐻𐐮𐑍 𐐫𐑊 𐐲𐑂 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐻𐐯𐐿𐑅𐐻, 𐐷𐐭 𐐼𐐮𐑆𐐲𐑉𐑂 𐐩 𐑁𐐲𐑉𐑋 𐐹𐐰𐐻 𐐪𐑌 𐑄𐐰𐐻 𐐺𐐰𐐿 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐐩 𐑅𐐻𐐲𐑉𐐼𐐨 𐑃𐐲𐑋𐑆 𐐷𐐭𐐹𐐨. 𐐊𐑌𐑊𐐯𐑅 𐐷𐐭 𐐾𐐲𐑅𐐻 popped 𐐮𐐻 𐐮𐑌𐐻𐐭 𐑄 online 𐐻𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐑊𐐩𐐻𐐲𐑉. 𐐜𐐰𐐻’𐐯𐑅 𐐽𐐨𐐻𐐮𐑍.

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Deseret Alphabet Key (found in the original DA Book of Mormon): https://bit.ly/3ReI4k1
Brigham Young announces the project on April 8th, 1852 (gen. conf.): https://bit.ly/3RaXvd7
January 1854 Deseret News reports completion of DA: https://bit.ly/3Psr0FJ
Nov. 6, 1868, Deseret News (Brigham Young reports acquisition of Deseret alphabet materials): https://bit.ly/3IgRiZ2
“The Deseret Alphabet Experiment,” via BYU RSC: https://bit.ly/3P9hOWp
“Deseret Alphabet,” via the Encyclopedia of Mormonism: https://bit.ly/3uweSLD
“Deseret Alphabet,” via the Church’s website: https://bit.ly/3P7FgDn
“A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume 3,” see item 881: https://bit.ly/3OPe8cJ
“Utah’s Strange Alphabet,” in True Frontier magazine, Nov. 1968, pg. 28: https://bit.ly/3InDgET
“Say Now Shibboleth, or Maybe Cumorah” via Interpreter Journal: https://bit.ly/3uvWen3
“The Deseret Alphabet,” via the Friend magazine (August 1985): https://bit.ly/3nHKcTY
1855 Deseret Almanac (pg. 26 contains a precursory version of the DA): https://bit.ly/3uvxNpM
An example of a Deseret News article written in DA (Feb. 16, 1859): https://bit.ly/3nM62pu
April 14, 1869, Deseret News ad for “Deseret Readers”: https://bit.ly/3P9kjYU
Some additional helpful resources can be found here: http://www.deseretalphabet.org/
Here is the Deseret Alphabet Translator website if you want to have some fun: https://bit.ly/3bUQU6p

Some practice phrases for you:

𐐆𐑌𐐿𐐲𐑌𐑅𐐨𐑂𐐲𐐺𐐲𐑊!

𐐤𐐯𐑂𐐲𐑉 𐑀𐐬𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐑀𐐮𐑂 𐐷𐐭 𐐷𐐭𐐹𐐨. 𐐤𐐯𐑂𐐲𐑉 𐑀𐐬𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐑊𐐯𐐻 𐐷𐐭 𐐼𐐵𐑌.

𐐗𐐨𐐹 𐑄 𐐽𐐩𐑌𐐾, 𐐷𐐭 𐑁𐐮𐑊𐑃𐐨 𐐰𐑌𐐲𐑋𐐲𐑊!

Scanned images of the Deseret First Reader: https://bit.ly/3In9TCT
Scanned images of the Deseret Second Reader: https://bit.ly/3OT5BFJ
Scanned images of a portion of the Book of Mormon: https://bit.ly/3uvlTwh

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