....... PV-4.Tony Burns'   BM - Burns' Millennium
Alphabet for the Millennium
An augmented 39 letter phonemic alphabet based on a Midland English pronunciation.

http://www.unifon.org/alfa-mil.html
Eventually, a chart similar to the one on the right will be created for Burns' notation. 
The symbol font must be installed to view BM
Letter IPA Burns A2K Saxon S-chart
1 ae  [ax]  a ae 3
2 a:   [are]  ar  [a:] aa 2
3 ei   [ale]  a ey 11
7 e  e e 10
7 + 22 er   [air]  er er --
8 schwa '\[ago]  e a 1
8 + 22 3:   [her]  er  [e:] r 28
19 ou  [oak]  W ow 24
27 u   [hook]  u w 37
27 + 22 u:  [hoop]  ur u 38
28 ju   [you]  u yu --
29 ^    [up]  v a or v 1-39
35 i:   [eel]  y i  & y 16
35+22 i:  [feel]  yr   fyrl ii   fiyl 16
Sample:   I sor her norqefde border
 SS         Ai sao hr  north av dha bordr

[Above] The Spanglish/Romaji chart is inserted to compare a phonemic  ASCII notation and an extended notation. Many combinations are not illustrated.

[Below left] The 39 A2K characters include some but not all diphthongs.  [a replaces ei, I replaces ai] The epsilon e is used for schwa.  An r shape is used as an extender replacing the color [:] in IPA. [awe]=o: = or 
Install a symbol font to view the Greek approximations to the Millennium font. 
Values for the shapes listed in the right col.
    [Letter 1]      a        =  a in cat
    [ 1 ]+[ 22 ]    ar      =  a in father; ar in arm
    [Letter 2]     a        =  a in gate    [gat]
    [Letter 3]               =  b in bird   [berd]
    [Letter 4]               =  c in cat; k in king; q in queen
    [Letter 5]               =  d in dog
    [Letter 6]      d       =  th in then    [den]
    [Letter 7]               =  e in egg
    [ 7 ]+[ 22 ]    er      =  air in fair   [er]
    [Letter 8]      e        =  the schwa
    [ 8 ]+[ 22 ]    er      =  ir in bird; ur in burn; etc
    [Letter 9]               =  f in fish; ph in photo
    [Letter 10]              =  g in give
    [Letter 11]              =  h in house
    [Letter 12]              =  i in bit
    [Letter 13]              =  j in jewel; g in gin
    [Letter 14]              =  l in lake
    [Letter 15]              =  m in man
    [Letter 16]              =  n in new
    [Letter 17]     h       =  ng in ring  [rih]
    [Letter 18]              =  o in not
    [ 18 ]+[ 22 ]   or      =  or in north; aw in saw
    [Letter 19]     W      =  o in pole
    [Letter 20]              =  p in pin
    [Letter 21]     R       =  r in ram
    [Letter 22]    r        = extender (extends pure vowels)
    [Letter 23]              =  s in sun; c in city
    [Letter 24]     ò        =  sh in shine

The r shape is an extender which operates the same as the colon in IPA. 
feel = fyrl,  fool = furl,
    [Letter 25]              =  t in ton
    [Letter 26]    q        =  th in thin
    [Letter 27]     u       =  u in pull; oo in wood
    [ 27 ]+[ 22 ]   ur      =  00 in fool
    [Letter 28]     u        =  u in use 
    [Letter 29]     v       =  u in cup   [cvp]
    [Letter 30]     f       =  v in very; f in of /ef/
    [Letter 31]              =  w in win
    [Letter 32]    y        =  wh in when  [yen]
    [Letter 33]    x        =  ch in chair    [xer]
    [Letter 34]              =  y in yet
    [Letter 35]    y        =  y in any; ee in feet  [fyt]
    [ 35 ]+[ 22 ]  yr       =  ee in feel  [fyrl]
    [Letter 36]    I         =  i in fine    [fIn]
    [Letter 37]              =  z in zone; s in rose  [rWz]
    [Letter 38]    3        =  s in vision  [vi3en]
    [Letter 39]    h        =  ch in Scottish 'loch' [loh]
     RITE corrects many irregular spellings -not systematic
Wunce upon a time, the butiful dauter 
of a grate majician wanted mor perls 
tu put amung her tresures. "Look thru 
the center of the moon wen it is blu," 
sed her muther in anser tu her question, 
"U mite fynd your harts dezire"
d' Butif'l Prins's
W'ns 'pon ' taim ð' bjutif'l do:t
'v ' greit m'd3iò'n wont'd mo:': p':lz 
tu: put 'm'h h': tre3ju':z."Luk qru: 
ð' sent': 'v  ð' mu:n hwen it iz blu:," 
sed h'r m'd' in æns': tu: h': kwestò'n, 
"Ju: mait faind j': ha':tz di:zair." ipa
grafic BURNS AM   [ symbol font ]  BRITISH MIDLAND DIALECT
de Butifel PRinses
Wvns vpon e tIm, de butifel dorte
of e grat mejiòen wonted mor perls 
tu put emoh her tRe3ers. "Luk qRur 
de sente of de murn yen it iz blur," 
sed her mvde in anse tu her kwesxe
"u  mIt fInd yor haarts dyzIr"
Dialect Divisions
note there is only one R
all of the other r-shapes are extenders
ae or a
waantad, wontid, wontad
trezaz or trezyarz
av or ov
ha, har or hr
centr or senta
kweschan or cwestyan
  IANSPEL - RP based fonemic spelling
Wants apon a taim, 4a bjutifal dotr 
av a gret madzizan waantad mor p3lz 
tu put amaq h3 trezyurz.  "Luk 7ruu 
4a centr av 4a muun wen it iz bluu," 
sed h3 matha in 9nsr tu h3 kweschan, 
"Ju mait faind yua haartz dizair."
  SPANGLISH - general american base dialect  [A=schwa]
Wans apon a taim, dha byutifal dotr 
av a greyt majishan waantad mor prlz 
tu pwt amang hr trezyarz.  "Lwk thru 
dha centr av dha mun wen itt izz blu,"     [huen]
sed hr mathr inn annsr tu hr cwestyan, 
"Yu mait faind yur haartz dizair."
  NU ROMAJI
Wanns eponn e taim, dhe byutefl doter
avv e greit mejisshen wonnted mor perlz
tu putt emong her trezzherz.  "Lukk thru
dhe sennter avv dhe mun wenn itt izz blu,"
sedd her madher inn aenser tu her kwescyen,
"Yu mait faind yur hart's dezair."
The character set above is matched to the standard keybard as shown on the left.  The hw [psi] symbol replaces the capital W.  The th [theta] symbol replaces the capital T.  The shape of the capital Y is changed to look like a rotated h.  The hook [turned omega] replaces the the capital U.  The ey [lower case A] replaces the upper case A, alpha replaces the lower case [a]. 
Links:

At the current time there is no AM font - the examples are contrived and may not be entirely accurate.
The next step would be to create an ascii version which will identify the keyboard positions for the AM font. 


Comments

I really like Tony Burn's "Alphabet for the Millennium." 
It is elegant and accurate.      -David Kelley, [Ph.D., Linguistics]

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Since there is no Millennial K in A2K, I would prefer BM - Burns' Millennial Notation
Regarding your attempt to provide a text sample of my notation:

    1) No vowel extender required at the end of 'daughter', 'mother' or 'answer'.  These are short vowels.

    2) Second vowel in 'treasures' should be a schwa; use Z at the end instead of S.  /treZ@z/

    3) S for center (it isn't pronounced 'kenter'); again, no vowel extender at the end.
         [c always = /k/ in this notation, it is not like Spanglish where ce -ci = se-si]

    4) Vowel extender needed for 'blue'.  /blu:/

    5) 'Question' should be CWESTYEN (consonantal Y; schwa for second E).

    6) Schwa instead of vowel extender needed at the end of 'desire'.  /di:zai@/

Tony
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Handwriting with upper case [to be added]

Single case version of BM
Note the 3 Y shapes used in this script. [y, i:, and ai]
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There are some digraphs in BM. ar, er, @r, or 
Unifon uses an extender for four long vowels a: o: u: @
i:=y, ai=Y, ei=a

Contrasting Burns' Millennium with other augmented alphabets.

BM isolates 45 sounds with 39 symbols.  This is sufficient to transcribe anything written in IPA.

UNIFON treis to get by with fewer phonograms.  There is no true schwa and no /a:/.

Malone's UNIFON has no [ long a ].  CAR is usually KauR [kxr]. [ah] and [awe] are merged.
In the case of [or]  [ah, awe and owe] are merged. 

The turned e is ambiguous.  ERTH  crT and HER hcr but not THE Du
Ynifon claims to be free of digraphs but this is not entirely true.
R combinations are not included in the alphabet. 

BM does away with digraphs for ei and ai as well as dh, th, ch, wh, kh, 
Traditional English has many digraphs and code overlaps, these scripts don't

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Other Notations of interest

  • Spanglish  http://www.unifon.org/ss-1.html
  • Hotsuma  http://www.unifon.org/new-hotsuma.html
  • New Romaji  http://www.unifon.org/romaji.html
  • Unifon  http://www.unifon.org/fonts.htm

 phonetics http://lings.ln.man.ac.uk/Html/Haas/Art%20of%20Literacy/wd%26ra.htm#w17

 

Burns uses three Y shapes replace yv, cy, and 'y
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This chart shows where the special fonts are located on the typewriter keyboard.