World Orthography

World Orthography
Script type	alphabet
Time period	Invented 1948

The World Orthography (WO) is an alphabet and transcription system based on the Africa Alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet. In Daniel Jones’s 1948 Difference between Spoken and Written Language, an adaptation of WO for English is given with the letters a b c d ð e ə f g h i j k l m n ŋ o p r s ʃ t θ u v w x y z ʒ. The capitals of ð, ə, ŋ, ʃ, θ, and ʒ are: Ð (shaped like Ƌ), Ə, Ŋ (shaped like large ŋ), Ʃ (shaped like sigma Σ), Θ, and straight-bottomed Ʒ (shaped like reversed sigma).

Examples

English sample from Article 1 of the UDHR:

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French sample from Article 1 of the UDHR:

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Spanish sample from Article 1 of the UDHR:

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See also

• Africa alphabet
• Latin-script alphabet
• International Phonetic Alphabet
• Standard Alphabet by Lepsius

References

• Firth, J. R. 1933. “Notes on the Transcription of Burmese”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, volume VII, part 1, January 1933, pp 137–140.
• Firth, J. R. 1936. “Alphabets and Phonology in India and Burma”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, volume VIII, part 2-3, January 1936, pp 517–546.
• Harley, Alexander Hamilton. 1944. Colloquial Hindustani. K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co. ltd.
• Jones, Daniel. 1942. The problem of a national script for India. Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons.
• Jones, Daniel. 1948. Differences between Spoken and Written Language.
• MacMahon, Michael K.C. 1991. “The International Phonetic Alphabet”, in Malmkjær, Kirsten (ed). The Linguistics encyclopedia. London: Routeledge.
• Perera, H. S. ; Jones, Daniel. 1938. “The Application of World Orthography to Sinhalese”, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, volume IX, part 3, October 1938, pp 705–707.