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The Romic Alphabet, sometimes known as the Romic Reform, is a phonetic alphabet proposed by Henry Sweet. It descends from Ellis's Palaeotype alphabet and English Phonotypic Alphabet, and is the direct ancestor of the International Phonetic Alphabet. In Romic every sound had a dedicated symbol, and every symbol represented a single sound.
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- International Phonetic Alphabet
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The Palaeotype alphabet is a phonetic alphabet used by Alexander John Ellis to describe the pronunciation of English. It was based on the theory of Bell's Visible Speech, but set in roman script, and attempted to include the sounds conveyed by Lepsius 's Standard Alphabet as well.
- Alexander John Ellis
- Latin alphabetLepsius' Standard AlphabetPalaeotype
- English
- alphabet, (phonetic)
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In the late 19th century, Paul Passy and French and British language teachers established the International Phonetic Association in Paris. The history of the IPA began soon after and was created from the Romic alphabet and elements of earlier systems. As a system of phonetic transcription for oral languages, it was designed to assist the ...
The official chart of the IPA, revised in 2020. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of speech sounds in written form.
- 1888 to present
- Alphabet, – partially featural
The Romic Alphabet, sometimes known as the Romic Reform, is a phonetic alphabet proposed by Henry Sweet. It descends from Ellis's Palaeotype alphabet and English Phonotypic Alphabet, and is the direct ancestor of the International Phonetic Alphabet. In Romic every sound had a dedicated symbol, and every symbol represented a single sound. There were no capital letters; there were letters ...
The official chart of the IPA, revised in 2020. The International Phonetic Alphabet ( IPA) is a system for writing down sounds. It was created by the International Phonetic Association in 1886, so that people could write down sounds of languages in a standard way. [1] Linguists, language teachers, and translators use this system to show the ...
Jan 19, 2019 · The Association based their alphabet upon the Romic alphabet of Henry Sweet, which in turn was based on the Phonotypic Alphabet of Isaac Pitman and the Palæotype of Alexander John Ellis. The alphabet has undergone a number of revisions during its history, the most significant being the one put forth at the Kiel Convention in 1989.
