History of Deseret alphabet

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The Deseret alphabet is an alphabet invented in the 19th century by Mormons in Utah for writing English. It was never particularly popular, and fell into disuse soon after its creation.

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Hex	Decimal	Glyph	Name
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10400	66560	𐐀	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER LONG I
10401	66561	𐐁	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER LONG E
10402	66562	𐐂	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER LONG A
10403	66563	𐐃	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER LONG AH
10404	66564	𐐄	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER LONG O
10405	66565	𐐅	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER LONG OO
10406	66566	𐐆	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER SHORT I
10407	66567	𐐇	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER SHORT E
10408	66568	𐐈	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER SHORT A
10409	66569	𐐉	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER SHORT AH
1040A	66570	𐐊	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER SHORT O
1040B	66571	𐐋	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER SHORT OO
1040C	66572	𐐌	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER AY
1040D	66573	𐐍	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER OW
1040E	66574	𐐎	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER WU
1040F	66575	𐐏	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER YEE
10410	66576	𐐐	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER H
10411	66577	𐐑	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER PEE
10412	66578	𐐒	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER BEE
10413	66579	𐐓	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER TEE
10414	66580	𐐔	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER DEE
10415	66581	𐐕	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER CHEE
10416	66582	𐐖	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER JEE
10417	66583	𐐗	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER KAY
10418	66584	𐐘	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER GAY
10419	66585	𐐙	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER EF
1041A	66586	𐐚	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER VEE
1041B	66587	𐐛	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ETH
1041C	66588	𐐜	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER THEE
1041D	66589	𐐝	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ES
1041E	66590	𐐞	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ZEE
1041F	66591	𐐟	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ESH
10420	66592	𐐠	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ZHEE
10421	66593	𐐡	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ER
10422	66594	𐐢	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER EL
10423	66595	𐐣	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER EM
10424	66596	𐐤	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER EN
10425	66597	𐐥	DESERET CAPITAL LETTER ENG
10426	66598	𐐦	<reserved>
10427	66599	𐐧	<reserved>
10428	66600	𐐨	DESERET SMALL LETTER LONG I
10429	66601	𐐩	DESERET SMALL LETTER LONG E
1042A	66602	𐐪	DESERET SMALL LETTER LONG A
1042B	66603	𐐫	DESERET SMALL LETTER LONG AH
1042C	66604	𐐬	DESERET SMALL LETTER LONG O
1042D	66605	𐐭	DESERET SMALL LETTER LONG OO
1042E	66606	𐐮	DESERET SMALL LETTER SHORT I
1042F	66607	𐐯	DESERET SMALL LETTER SHORT E
10430	66608	𐐰	DESERET SMALL LETTER SHORT A
10431	66609	𐐱	DESERET SMALL LETTER SHORT AH
10432	66610	𐐲	DESERET SMALL LETTER SHORT O
10433	66611	𐐳	DESERET SMALL LETTER SHORT OO
10434	66612	𐐴	DESERET SMALL LETTER AY
10435	66613	𐐵	DESERET SMALL LETTER OW
10436	66614	𐐶	DESERET SMALL LETTER WU
10437	66615	𐐷	DESERET SMALL LETTER YEE
10438	66616	𐐸	DESERET SMALL LETTER H
10439	66617	𐐹	DESERET SMALL LETTER PEE
1043A	66618	𐐺	DESERET SMALL LETTER BEE
1043B	66619	𐐻	DESERET SMALL LETTER TEE
1043C	66620	𐐼	DESERET SMALL LETTER DEE
1043D	66621	𐐽	DESERET SMALL LETTER CHEE
1043E	66622	𐐾	DESERET SMALL LETTER JEE
1043F	66623	𐐿	DESERET SMALL LETTER KAY
10440	66624	𐑀	DESERET SMALL LETTER GAY
10441	66625	𐑁	DESERET SMALL LETTER EF
10442	66626	𐑂	DESERET SMALL LETTER VEE
10443	66627	𐑃	DESERET SMALL LETTER ETH
10444	66628	𐑄	DESERET SMALL LETTER THEE
10445	66629	𐑅	DESERET SMALL LETTER ES
10446	66630	𐑆	DESERET SMALL LETTER ZEE
10447	66631	𐑇	DESERET SMALL LETTER ESH
10448	66632	𐑈	DESERET SMALL LETTER ZHEE
10449	66633	𐑉	DESERET SMALL LETTER ER
1044A	66634	𐑊	DESERET SMALL LETTER EL
1044B	66635	𐑋	DESERET SMALL LETTER EM
1044C	66636	𐑌	DESERET SMALL LETTER EN
1044D	66637	𐑍	DESERET SMALL LETTER ENG

Capital				Lowercase
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
Hex	Decimal	Glyph	Name	Hex	Decimal	Glyph	Name
10400	66560	𐐀	Long I	10428	66600	𐐨	Long I
10401	66561	𐐁	Long E	10429	66601	𐐩	Long E
10402	66562	𐐂	Long A	1042A	66602	𐐪	Long A
10403	66563	𐐃	Long Ah	1042B	66603	𐐫	Long Ah
10404	66564	𐐄	Long O	1042C	66604	𐐬	Long O
10405	66565	𐐅	Long Oo	1042D	66605	𐐭	Long Oo
10406	66566	𐐆	Short I	1042E	66606	𐐮	Short I
10407	66567	𐐇	Short E	1042F	66607	𐐯	Short E
10408	66568	𐐈	Short A	10430	66608	𐐰	Short A
10409	66569	𐐉	Short Ah	10431	66609	𐐱	Short Ah
1040A	66570	𐐊	Short O	10432	66610	𐐲	Short O
1040B	66571	𐐋	Short Oo	10433	66611	𐐳	Short Oo
1040C	66572	𐐌	Ay	10434	66612	𐐴	Ay
1040D	66573	𐐍	Ow	10435	66613	𐐵	Ow
1040E	66574	𐐎	Wu	10436	66614	𐐶	Wu
1040F	66575	𐐏	Yee	10437	66615	𐐷	Yee
10410	66576	𐐐	H	10438	66616	𐐸	H
10411	66577	𐐑	Pee	10439	66617	𐐹	Pee
10412	66578	𐐒	Bee	1043A	66618	𐐺	Bee
10413	66579	𐐓	Tee	1043B	66619	𐐻	Tee
10414	66580	𐐔	Dee	1043C	66620	𐐼	Dee
10415	66581	𐐕	Chee	1043D	66621	𐐽	Chee
10416	66582	𐐖	Jee	1043E	66622	𐐾	Jee
10417	66583	𐐗	Kay	1043F	66623	𐐿	Kay
10418	66584	𐐘	Gay	10440	66624	𐑀	Gay
10419	66585	𐐙	Ef	10441	66625	𐑁	Ef
1041A	66586	𐐚	Vee	10442	66626	𐑂	Vee
1041B	66587	𐐛	Eth	10443	66627	𐑃	Eth
1041C	66588	𐐜	Thee	10444	66628	𐑄	Thee
1041D	66589	𐐝	Es	10445	66629	𐑅	Es
1041E	66590	𐐞	Zee	10446	66630	𐑆	Zee
1041F	66591	𐐟	Esh	10447	66631	𐑇	Esh
10420	66592	𐐠	Zhee	10448	66632	𐑈	Zhee
10421	66593	𐐡	Er	10449	66633	𐑉	Er
10422	66594	𐐢	El	1044A	66634	𐑊	El
10423	66595	𐐣	Em	1044B	66635	𐑋	Em
10424	66596	𐐤	En	1044C	66636	𐑌	En
10425	66597	𐐥	Eng	1044D	66637	𐑍	Eng
10426	66598	𐐦	<Reserved>
10427	66599	𐐧	<Reserved>

	Revision 10 . . (edit) December 16, 2001 7:48 pm by Taw [format fix]
	Revision 9 . . December 16, 2001 10:03 am by Bryan Derksen [prettified table and folded it in half to save space]
	Revision 8 . . December 16, 2001 9:51 am by The Epopt [added Unicode glyphs]
	Revision 7 . . December 16, 2001 6:19 am by Vicki Rosenzweig [first sentence]
	Revision 6 . . (edit) December 15, 2001 1:55 pm by Bryan Derksen [links]
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	Revision 2 . . July 26, 2001 2:28 am by Simon J Kissane