Developed in Utah by Latter-Day Saint pioneers in the 19th century, the Deseret alphabet was designed to phonetically represent the English language. And since it was accepted into Unicode in 2001, practically every computer on the planet now supports it! So don't procrastinate the day of your repentance, start writing holier text today! 𐐜 𐐔𐐩 𐐔𐐪𐑌 𐐮𐑆 𐐺𐑉𐐩𐐿𐐨𐑍, 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐐶𐐮𐑃 𐐮𐐻, 𐑄 𐐡𐐁𐐚𐐄𐐢𐐅𐐟𐐊𐐤!
This software is for Linux only. To use the Deseret layout, run
xkbcomp -I. deseret.xkb $DISPLAY and to switch back to an impious layout, run
setxkbmap -model pc104
Hold down the Super key (the Windows key if you are on a PC or the Command key if you are on a Mac) to type short vowels and alternative consonants.
Dipthongs are created by pressing the X key and then a vowel:
- X + I = 𐐌 (Ay)
- X + U = 𐐍 (Ow)
- X + O = 𐐦 (Oi)
- X + Y = 𐐧 (Ew)
The deseret.sh script simply animates, making the process simpler and intuitive,
of course, run it on your favourite terminal by typing ./deseret.sh and follow its instructions!