ʤigul iŋlɪʃ
Jigul Common contains all of the letters necessary to transliterate standard English, including ng, th, sh, zh, and ch.
spɛlɪŋ-g wɜds
The chart below contains a sampling of English words transliterated into Jigul script. Try to decode it for yourself!
| blæk | wat | gɹe | bɹæʊn | ɹɛd | ɔɹɪnʤ | jɛlo | gɹin | blu | pɜpəl |
0 ziɹo |
1 wʌn |
2 tu |
3 θɹi |
4 fɔɹ |
5 fav |
6 sɪkz |
7 sɛvən |
8 et |
9 nan |
👀 az |
👂👂 ɪəɹz |
👃 noz |
💋 lɪps |
👅 tʌŋ-g |
🧠 bɹen |
🦾 ɑɹm |
🦿 lɛg |
👐 hæn-dz |
👣 fit |
👨 mæn |
👩 wʊmən |
👦 bɔɪ |
👧 gɜl |
👶 bebi |
🤴 kɪŋ-g |
👸 k-win |
🎅 sæn-tə |
🤖 ɹobɒt |
👽 elɪən |
🐱 kæt |
🐶 dɔg |
🐸 fɹɒg |
🐮 kæʊ |
🐷 pɪg |
🐵 mʌŋ-ki |
🐠 fɪʃ |
🦁 laɪən |
🐯 tagəɹ |
🐻 bɛɹ |
☀ sʌn |
🌕 mun |
⭐ stɑɹ |
🌎 ɜθ |
☁ klæʊd |
🌈 ɹen-bo |
☝ ʌp |
👇 dæʊn |
👈 lɛf-t |
👉 ɹat |
kɒnsənən-ts
Every letter of Jigul is mapped to its IPA character in Unicode, so that IPA text can be directly transliterated to Jigul with just a few adjustments.
| ɸ | f | θ | ŧ | ç | x | h | w | |
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m
m
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n
n
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ŋ
ŋ
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p
b
p b
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t
d
t d
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k
g
k g
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f
v
f v
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θ
ð
θ ð
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h
h
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ɹ
l
ɹ l
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j
j
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w
w
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s
z
s z
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ʃ
ʒ
ʃ ʒ
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ʧ
ʤ
ʧ ʤ
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væʊəls
Vowels are procedurally generated by a pattern, then mapped by frequency. Diacriticals can further expand the vowel selection.
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| i i |
ʊ ʊ |
u u |
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| ɪ ɪ |
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| ə ə |
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| ɛ ɛ |
ɜ ɜ/ɝ/ɚ |
ʌ ʌ |
ɔ ɔ |
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| æ æ |
ɑ ɑ |
ɒ ɒ |
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dɪf-θɔŋs
Although monothongs are mapped to IPA's Unicode characters, Jigul orthography requires diphthongs (and triphthongs!) to be written as shown.
| eɪə | ||||||
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| e eɪ |
eə eə |
o oʊ |
a aɪ |
æʊ æʊ |
ɔɪ ɔɪ |
ɪə ɪə |
| eɪə eɪə |
oʊə oʊə |
aɪə aɪə |
æʊə æʊə |
ɔɪə ɔɪə |
ʊə ʊə |
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Notes on Jigul English orthography: Start with IPA spelling. A simplified variant is available on dictionary.com or easypronunciation.com. Then make the following adjustments: Adjacent blocky consonants require a dash between them for spacing. For ch and j, use the digraphs ʧ and ʤ (replace the two-letter tʃ and dʒ). In IPA, an upright r represents a rhotic trill (Spanish rr). The normal English rhotic is a turned ɹ (so replace all r's). The nasal ŋ (ng) occurs instead of alveolar n in the clusters ŋg and ŋk, and does not replace the plosive g (unless the g is actually silent). Monothongs are mapped to IPA's Unicode characters. Convert diphthongs and triphthongs to Jigul orthography, listed above. English may represent the diphthongs eɪ/oʊ/aɪ using the characters for the monothongs e/o/a from the international system. ɜ is used for r-colored schwa, and can replace a final r. The IPA diphthong aʊ should be converted to æʊ.