/liʃ/ (L-IH-SH) is an English spelling reform
fig. 1 — Alphabet
| Letter |
Sound (IPA) |
Example |
| a |
/æ/ |
ant |
| b |
/b/ |
bat |
| c |
/θ/ |
thin → cin |
| d |
/d/ |
dog |
| e |
/e/ |
edit |
| f |
/f/ |
fit |
| g |
/g/ |
got |
| h |
/h/ |
help |
| i |
/ɪ/ |
in |
| j |
/ʒ/ |
jouissance → jiwisons |
| k |
/k/ |
kin |
| l |
/l/ |
lap |
| m |
/m/ |
man |
| n |
/n/ |
nip |
| o |
/o/ |
on |
| p |
/p/ |
pat |
| q |
/ð/ |
that → qat |
| r |
/r/ |
rod |
| s |
/s/ |
sam |
| t |
/t/ |
tip |
| u |
/ə/ |
up |
| v |
/v/ |
vamp |
| w |
/w/ |
wit |
| x |
/ʃ/ |
shed → xed |
| y |
/j/ |
yet |
| z |
/z/ |
zap |
Lix is an English language spelling reform prioritizing phonemic coherence for the General American dialect. It fully preserves the existing English alphabet.
Lix iz an Inglix langwidj speling riyfuwrm prayuwritayzing fuwniymuk kuwhiyruns fuwr qiy Djenrul Umeyrikun dayulekt. It fiwliy priyzurvz qiy igzisting Inglix alfubet.
Despite having 26 characters, English has ~45 phonemes. This makes it a surprisingly poor alphabet in the strict sense, but permitting
some basic clustering we can get away with everything we need to.
Dispayt having 26 keyrikturz, Inglix haz ~45 fuwniymz. Qis meyks it ey surprayzingliy puwr alfubet in qiy stxrikt sense, but purmiting
sum beysik klusturing wiy kan git uwey wic evriycing wiy niyd tew.
fig. 2 — Diphthongs
| Letters |
Sound (IPA) |
Example |
| aw |
/aʊ/ |
out → awt |
| ay |
/aɪ/ |
I → ay |
| ew |
/u/ |
you → yew |
| ey |
/eɪ/ |
aim → eym |
| eyr |
/ɛr/ |
air → eyr |
| iw |
/ʊ/ |
book → biwk |
| iwr |
/ʊr/ |
poor → poor |
| iy |
/i/ |
he → hiy |
| iyr |
/ɪr/ |
ear → iyr |
| or |
/ɑr/ |
are → or |
| ow |
/ɔ/ |
law → low |
| ur |
/ər/ |
her → hur |
| uw |
/oʊ/ |
oh → uw |
| uwr |
/ɔr/ |
or → uwr |
| uwy |
/ɔɪ/ |
boy → buwy |
fig. 3 — Consonant Clusters
| Letters |
Sound (IPA) |
Example |
| dj |
/dʒ/ |
jack → djak |
| djr |
/dʒr/ |
dread → djred |
| ng |
/ŋ(g)/ |
bang |
| nk |
/ŋk/ |
bank |
| tx |
/tʃ/ |
chat → txat |
| txr |
/dʃr/ |
trade → txreyd |
Qiy kwik brawn foks djumps uwvur qu leyziy dowg.
Sfinks uv blak kwuwrtz, hiyr may vaw
Or foqur hew ort in hevun
holuwd biy qay neym
Qay kingdum kum,
qay wil biy dun,
on Urc az it iz in hevun
Fuwrgiv us awur txrespasuz
as wiy fuwrgiv quwz hew txrespas ugenst us
Giv us qis dey or deyliy bred
and liyd us not intew tempteyxun
but dulivur us frum iyvul