Shavian Alphabet

George Bernard Shaw's phonetic alphabet for English.

📜 The Origins

Named after playwright George Bernard Shaw, who funded a competition to create a more efficient, phonetic alphabet for the English language to save time and paper.

🚀 Master the Tool

Type normal English text to see it rendered in Shaw's sleek, phonetic glyphs. Each character represents a specific sound, eliminating the need for silent letters.

English Text

Try words like "the", "and", "church", "measure", "enough".

🇬🇧 George Bernard Shaw's Dream

A constructed phonetic alphabet designed to replace the complex spelling of English. Funded by the will of playwright George Bernard Shaw. It is phonetic, meaning one symbol = one sound.

Shavian Output

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Pro Tips

01There are no capital letters in Shavian.
02It was used to publish a special edition of Shaw's play 'Androcles and the Lion'.
03See if you can spot the 'tall' and 'deep' characters representing different sounds.

The Fine Print (FAQ)