Each vowel letter is associated with a short, unstressed, and  long sound ltr Alternatives A  ask, ago, aah, are,  E  el, the, her, vein, they I  it, eel, aisle, eye O  [aah], pot, awe, owe U  up, hook, hoop, use The a in ago is the default unstressed mid lax vowel vowel. [gray]  The vowels in Red words are short or checked, Blue words are free or long. Green words are diphthongs.

 
 

Yurabet Alfubet - HISS Intl Spelling Std. a aa aar b p r  er e ae air d t l    l i ee eer th tth m  m aa au or g k n  in oo uw uer v f ng u   er j f h Oi ow ier z s w ou ie our zh sh y  yue The International Spelling Standard for Vowels Consonants S=z Only abaouta 10 vowels - 32 total

cuver huver 
threw, through, thorough, though, trough, rough (a pretty familiar sequence)
HISS writes these as zruw, zruw, zuru, Zow, trof, ruf

The Simplified Spelling Society
Yurabet
International Phonetic Standard Spelling
Characteristics of HISS 
International Standard...

(note: a few only of the following are present in other proposed systems of spelling simplification)

General features

1. ascii based, no special or unfamiliar symbols
2. Caps are used for different sound assignments S = z
3. Only 32 phonograms for 32 phonemes some have been merged
4. 12 consonants, caps for the voiced form S=z
5. No semivowels or syllabics. No hybrids.
6. No digraphs
7. No silent letters
8.

HISS is for universal application; it would be meaningless in a less ample context

It is your working man’s International Phonetic Alphabet

It uses the standard English computer keyboard alphabet

Consequently, no accents or unfamiliar symbols are required

The 26 letter English computer keyboard places parameters on the sound/symbol relationship

Each letter of the alphabet corresponds dogmatically to a unique sound or phoneme

Words pronounced the same between different languages are spelt the same, irrespective of meaning

Capital letters in their current use have no phonetic quality and are reallocated to new uses

HISS-spelt words are usually shorter than traditional spellings, but varying between languages

The word length saving is greater in those languages which contain superfluous letters and digraphs

It is also greater in those languages which at the moment have no predominant phonetic personality

The detail

The number of phonemes, which some claim in English to be 40+, is reduced to 32

This is achieved by recognising that some phonemes are in fact combinations of 2 sounds

Within the 32 phonemes, there are 12 consonant sounds which are voiced or unvoiced, ie 6x2

The voiced versions are identified by selective use of capital letter consonants

This feature enables the 32 phonemes to be accommodated by the existing alphabet

Where practical, letters retain their most common existing international pronunciation

Where letters are initially made redundant, they are reallocated

This reallocating respects international phonetic precedent where possible

Each letter is always a vowel or a consonant; there are no vowel/consonant hybrids

Vowels are never used, even occasionally, as consonants and vice versa

Where a vowel by regional distinction can have a long or short application, the latter is preferred

Silent and redundant letters are eliminated from the written word

Digraphs, trigraphs and quadrigraphs become redundant, being replaced by single phonemic letters

Each syllable of each word contains one and one only vowel, thereby eliminating diphthongs

The vowel is always the single vocally stressed letter in each syllable; consonants are never stressed

Vocal stress in 2+ syllable words is always on the dominant vowel, not the dominant syllable

In 2+ syllable words, even at syllable boundaries, vowels never appear adjacent to each other

In 2+ syllable words, vocal stress is manifested in the written word, by a rule of normal location

In English this normal location is the first vowel; in other languages it will be somewhere else

The vocal stress factor appears at this stage to be the only language-specific feature of HISS

All other features of HISS are expected to be common to all languages

Exceptions to the stress location rule are covered by selective use of capital letter vowels
 

These characteristics have a predominant bias towards super-simplification. This will enable phonetic rules of sound/symbol relationship to be brief and to the point. Consequently, learning the sound/symbol relationships of HISS can be taught in a short period of time. The tangible proof of the success of this learning is that any speaker will be able to read a text in an unknown language and be understood by a native of that language. Rapid and practical understanding of HISS will smooth the way for efficient study of any language, be it native or foreign.

(A) cover, hover, mover, rover HISS writes these as kuver, hover, muwver, rowver
from these examples, I can demonstrate some emerging characteristics of HISS:

1. ending ..r is emphatically pronounced in USofA and Scotland, not lost-in-transit as in England and Australia. The former is also consistent with European languages. HISS retains r, therefore assuming it is pronounced

2. penultimate .e. is pronounced in Scotland and in most European languages, but tends to be shwa'd in England, Australia and USofA. HISS assumes Scottish/European pronunciation.  becoz repeat??

3. emphatic pronunciation of ..er avoids the need to consider the potencial complexity of the shwa-type sound or the possible presence of magic e. It also forces readers to be clearer in their pronunciation, thus aiding language learning

4. hard c becomes k in HISS (hardly innovative)

5. i've seen the .o. in mover described as a long o. This is confusing as it's really pronounced as a long u. This long u could be written as uu, but HISS only permits one vowel per syllable. So uw is the best fit I think
Why one vowel per syllable?  What is the status of the w?  an extender?

6. the .o. in rover is much more of a true long o. HISS uses ow

7. the use of w after certain vowels is prolific in HISS. It makes the rule of one vowel per syllable pretty easy to stick to and eliminates the concept of semi-vowel (in HISS, u is never used as a consonant)

8. it also appears to eliminate the diphthong concept, if a diphthong consists of a vowel followed by a trailing vowel (some say vowel + trailing consonant is also a diphthong). In HISS the trailing vowel is always a consonant, the vowel being always the stressed letter within a syllable

9. the above opens the way for English to be long vowel-free, especially as for instance bath is pronounced with a short(ish) a in USofA and in the more popular (rather than aristocratic) forms of statement in UK. With economy of communication the in thing (and the use of vowel+w where necessary), I'm comfortable with no long vowels in English+Latin-base HISS (but not so sure when it comes to Dutch and German)

(B) country, county (my French wife still pronounces the .ou. in the former as it is pronounced in the latter)
HISS writes these as kuntri, kawnti 

1. another example of the trailing .w (this time after a) effectively turning the a into a long a without the need for a separate long-vowel symbol or the use of aa

2. i'm comfortable with the use of u for shwa (symbol of closest fit). We are talking about HISS as a phonemic spelling system, which makes no attempt to reproduce all known variations in pronunciation. It is sufficient for the pronunciation, following from the HISS-written word, to be understood and sound
reasonably familiar and be internationally consistent. So the and put are HISS-written as Zu and put (see use of Z and z later)

3. both words contain 2 syllables. Therefore in HISS, they must each contain 2 vowels. Therefore the 2nd vowel must be an i, not y disguised as a vowel. In
HISS, i is always a vowel and y is always a consonant. Here is another example of elimination of the semi-vowel

(C) threw, through, thorough, though, trough, rough (a pretty familiar sequence)
HISS writes these as zruw, zruw, zuru, Zow, trof, ruf
SS thru, thro, thurro, tho, trof, ruff

1. the w sound of written ..gh is clear in the 1st, 2nd and 4th word.
2. in the 3rd word, the .o.gh letters are silent. In line with most simplified spelling, HISS eliminates silent letters
3. written ..gh in the last 2 words is pronounced as an f. Again, most simplified spelling systems prefer the simple f to gh and ph
4. miscellaneous o's and u's are useless and have been eliminated. However, the 1st .o. of the 3rd word is more of a shwa, as is the .e. in the 1st word
5. the z sound (as in zebra and bins) is treated by HISS as a voiced s. The upper case letter is used in HISS to depict the voiced version of a few consonants.
In this case, S is voiced s
6. the letter z therefore becomes available for reallocation. HISS eliminates digraphs, including the two th sounds. In the examples, lower case z is used for the
unvoiced version and upper case Z for the voiced version

I'd be interested to see how Spanglish deals with the above 12 words

How shood RITErs spel TS'thorough' ?
...

-- I'v seen it a few times in print az "thoro"
or with an apostrofy thoro'
and think this obays the 'cut redundant letters' rule.
Sum want tu dubble the r but we'v voted not tu varry r or rr of TS
becaus of the wide variety of pronunciations in the US
for vowel + r(r).
Sum want tu chainge the final o but we hav not voted tu sh final shwa
az a and I think it shood stay as o
folloing examples like burro(w)/boro(ugh), yello(w).
-- Doug
 
 
 

Here'z a story written in the default version uv NYQaLF . Since the Yahoo
groups converts the NYQaLF fonts to whatever looks closest , I just typed
this in Arial az if it were NYQaLF .

Dc big tIgcr wAts pAScntly nir Dc fqliN bcnanc trE. bcnancz qr Dc
Favcrit fud cv hiz fAvRit fuD, Mxnkyz. hE had travld very fqr tu fInd c plAs
wer hE wvd nqt bE rekxgnIzd. Dc mxnkyz in hiz Old teritOry
had eventUly lcrnd ol hiz triks. Brut fOrs and spEd dOnt wcrk wiTaut help
yirz cv ekspirEcns had tot him Dat planing, stelT and
dEsepScn qr Dc mAn kcmpOnents cv c scksesfcl hcnt.

4 MUNKEZ

XU BIG TiGR WATS PAsINTLE NIR XU FoLIN BUNaNU TRE . BUNaNUZ oR XU
FAVRIT FuD UV HIZ FAVRIT FuD , MUNKEZ . HE HaD TRaVLD VeRE FoR TQ FiND U PLAS
WeR HE WuD NoT BE ReKUGNiZD . XU MUNKEZ IN HIZ OLD TeRITORE
HaD eVeNTYQLE LRND oL HIZ TRIKS . BRQT FORS aND SPED DONT WRK WIxOWT HeLP .
YIRZ UV EKSPIREeNS HaD ToT HIM XaT PLaNING , STeLx AND
DESePsUN oR XU MAN KUMPONeNTS UV U SUKSeSFUL HUNT .

3 MUNKEZ SWING INTQ U NIRBi TRE , CaTURING AND BoWNSING URoWND WiLDLE aZ
XA SRVA XU LO aND HORIZoNTL KUNDIsN UV XeR FAVRIT FRQT TRE WIC JUST YeSTRDA
WUZ Hi AND VRTIKL . SUMxING DIFRINT. MABE NoT GuD . XeR INSTINKTIV FER UV XU
GRoWND KEPS XeM FRUM DESeNDING IMEDEITLE .

#1 MUNKE , SEING NUxING URoWND BUT PaRITS aND SUM KiND UV WERD
ORINJ ZEBRU , JUMPS DoWN aND SToRTS TRiING TQ PuL OF aN eNTiR BUNC .
HE SEZ BUT PAZ NO UTeNsUN TQ XU oD ZEBRU MOZEING KLOSR AND KLOSR . HE SKWEZIZ
BETWEN XU BUNC aND TRUNK aND PusIZ . JUST aZ XU BUNaNUZ RIP UWA WIx U
SaTISFiING RIPING SoWND HE FELZ aN eKSKRQsEATING RIPING FELING RIP UKRoS HIZ
aS ! HE IZ BaK IN XU TRE WIX
3 UDReNULIN BQSTID LEPS .

" QPS ! " xINKS XU TiGR . WUT suD HaV BIN U MoWx FuL UV aBDOMIN WUZ
ONLE HaF U TAL . UTeMPTING TQ KaC XU MUNKE WIXoWT SKeRING XE UXRZ UWA , HE
HaD VeRE NoNCaLONTLE OPeND HIZ MoWX , aZ IF YoNING , aND LEND FORWRD BEFOR
KLOZING IT . BUT XU MUNKE HaD LRCT FORWRD JUST aZ HE CoMPT DoWN . " NoW iL
HaV TQ PLA DeD OR HiD OR...... HU ? " XU MUNKE , SKRECING WIX PAN , DRIPING
BLUD eVREWeR , IZ WAVING U SMoL BRaNC , oN HIZ WA BaK DoWN !

" iL TEC XaT BLiND IDEUT ZEBRU XU DIFRINS BETWEN ME aND GRaS ! " HE
TAKS U MiTE SWING RiT aT XU BIG STQPID NOZ . NeKST XING HE NOZ , HEZ BaK IN
XU TRE , HIZ 2 FReNDZ HOLDING HIM , HIZ LeFT oRM GoN . " NoW iM RELE MaD !
WUT i NED IZ U BIGR STIK ! "

XU 2 MUNKEZ WoC #1 DISUPER SLOLE TIL XeR IZ NUxING LeFT BUT BONZ .
" XIS IZ NO ZEBRU ! " XA xINK . " XIS IZ SUM JiINT TeRIBL DoG xING ! " IT
LUMBRZ UWA HeVILE , oBVEUSLE GLUTID Bi TQ MUC FQD .

LoNG aFTR XA HIR XU KLUMZE SToMPING FAD INTQ XU JUNGL , #2 DESiDZ
ITS SAF aND RUNZ DoWN TQ XU BUNaNUZ . HIZ HaND IZ oN U BUNaNU WeN SUDINLE aN
ORINJ , BLaK aND WiT STREK IZ FLiING TQWORD HIM aT INKReDIBL SPED !
SKRaMBLING FOR TRaKsUN , HE REVRSIZ DiReKsUN BaK TQ XU TRE . NoT FaST eNUF !
aZ HE RUNZ UP XU TRUNK , XU TiGR LEPS aND SLasIZ HIZ LeFT LeG oF aT XU NE .

" FORGeT XU BUNaNUZ ! i DONT EVIN WoNT TQ SE UNUXR BUNaNU ! " HE
xINKS AZ HE SWINGZ UWA TRE TQ TRE . HE DUZNT GeT FoR . DIZE FRUM BLUD LoS ,
HE MISIZ U BRaNC aND FoLZ FoR TQ XU GRoWND .

# 3 MUNKE WoCIZ XU TiGR FINIs HIZ SNaK IN MINITS . " NoT LiK BeFOR
! NoW IT LuKS LiK IT KuD ET XU HOL TRiB IN WUN DA ! " HE GOZ BaK aND LuKS aT
XU BUNaNUZ FOR U LoNG TiM . SO BIG aND PRFIKTLE RiP . xeR MUST BE SUM WA TQ
GeT XeM !

HE HeDZ BaK TQ XU TRiB . " MABE XeR WIL BE SUM NUTS aND BeREZ LeFT
WeN i GeT HOM . "

" TQ BaD . xOT iD GeT oL 3 . MOR WIL KUM LATR aND TQMoRO aND XU
NeKST DA . " PASINTLE , HE LIKS HIZ PoZ KLEN .

DIGING UP XU TRE WUZ HoRD WRK , SO HE WIL STA TIL IT SToPS
UTRaKTING FuD , XeN SToRT U DIFRINT SKaM .

MUC LATR UNUXR MUNKE SWINGZ INTQ XU SAM TRE aND SEZ XU BUNaNUZ . HE
SToRTS DoWN , BUT SToPS WeN HE SEZ XU TiGR . HEZ NeVR SEN eNExING KWiT LiK IT
BEFOR . 4 LeGZ , U TAL aND STRiPT LiK U ZEBRU , BUT NoT XU SAM KULR . HE
LuKS KLOSR AND NOTISIZ XU TIPS UV LoNG soRP TEx , XU XIK MUSKYQLR oRMZ WIX
JiINT PoZ aND JiINT KLoZ . " XaT xING KuD RIP ME TQ PESIZ ! "

XeN HE SEZ XE iZ . DeFINITLE NOT XU DUL , FERFL GAZ UV U HRD BEST !
HIZ VIjN SEMZ TQ ZQM IN oN XE iZ , aZ IF HE WR FLiING TQWORD XeM , GeTING
PuLD IN ! U CIL RUNZ xRQ HIM aZ HE IZ KUNFRUNTID Bi XU HoRD FOKUS GLEM UV
PReDITORE INTeLUJINS . " LuKING aT ME ! "

" DIFRINT MUNKEZ ." XU TiGR xINKS aZ HE WoCIZ XU LITL Gi DISUPER INTQ
XU TRE ToPS . " 4 KUMPLETLE DIFRINT MUNKEZ XaT oL LuK XU SAM . "

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# 1 KuDNT EVIN LRN FRUM HIZ OWN MISTAKS . HE KuDNT CANJ HIZ iDEU UBoWT XU
NACYR UV XU TiGR , JUJING Bi ITS UPERINS INSTeD UV ITS aKsUNZ.
#2 LRND FRUM HIZ MISTAK , BUT IT WUZ TQ LAT .
#3 LRND FRUM HIZ FReNDZ MISTAKS , BUT IF HE WR ULON , HE WuD HaV DiD.
#4 KuD IMaJIN . HE DIDNT NED TQ SE SUMxING HaPIN TQ NO XaT IT KuD .

XU TiGR KUNSIDRZ XU MUNKEZ aZ 4 DIFRINT SPEsEZ , JUJING XeM Bi XeR aKsUNZ
INSTeD UV XeR UPERINS .