Abjadic English sample texts

Abjadic English is a new shorthand-esque writing system for English by Xuming Zeng. Thorough documentation on it is not yet available, but a samples of the script can be seen below.

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Tower of Babel (ESV)

n.au th h.o'll rr'thh h'dd ww'nn l'ng'jj nd th s.ai'mm ww'rr'dd'es'.

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.

nd zz th p'pl m.ai'g'r'tt'ed fr'mm th ww'ss'tt', th.ai f.au'nd uh pl.ai'nn nn th l'nd vv sh'n.ah'rr nd s't'll'ed thr'.

And as the people migrated from the west, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

nd th.ai s.ai'ed t ww'nn uh'n'thr', "'kn', l'tt ss.uh m'kk b'r'kk'es', nd b'rr'nn th'mm th'r.o'l'.'" nd th h'dd b'r'kk fr s't.o'nn', nd b't'mn fr m'rr.o'tr'.

And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

th'nn th.ai s.ai'ed', "'kn', l'tt ss.uh b'll'dd s'll'ff'es uh s't', thh uh t.au'rr thh tt'es t.o'pp nn th h'v'nn'es', nd l'tt ss.uh m'kk uh n.ai'mm fr s'll'ff'es', l'ss'tt ww b d'ss'p'rr'ss'ed vv.o'rr th f.ai'ss vv th h.o'll rr'thh'.'"

Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."

nd th l'rr.o'dd kn'ed d.au'nn t s.i th s't nd th t.au'rr', ww'chh th ch'll'd'r'nn vv mn h'dd b'll'dd'ed'.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built.

nd th l'rr.o'dd s.ai'ed', "'b'h'l.o'dd', th.ai rr ww'nn p'pl', nd th.ai vv.a ll ww'nn l'ng'jj', nd th'ss ss nn'l th b'g'nn'ing vv ww'tt th.ai ww'll d'. nd n'ing th'tt th.ai p'r'p.o'zz t d ww'll n.au b mm'p's'bl fr th'mm'.'

And the Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

kn', l'tt ss.uh g d'nn.au nd thr kn'f'ii'zz thr l'ng'jj', s th'tt th.ai m.ai n'tt nn'd'rr's't'nd ww'nn uh'n'thr'es s'p'chh'.'"

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."

s.o th l'r.o'dd d'ss'p'rr'ss'ed th'mm fr'mm thr vv.o'rr th f.ai'ss vv ll th rr'thh', nd th.ai l'ff'tt ff.o b'll'dd'ing th s't'.

So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

thr'fr tt'es n.ai'mm ss'ed k'll.ah'ed b.ai'bl', b'k'zz thr th l'rr.o'dd kn'f'ii'zz'ed th l'ng'jj vv ll th rr'thh'. nd fr'mm thr th l'rr.o'dd d'ss'p'rr'ss'ed th'mm vv.o'rr th f.ai'ss vv ll th rr'thh'.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

UDHR Article 1

ll h'm'nn b'ings rr b'rr.o'nn fr.i nd kk'qw'll nn d'g'n't nd r'tt'es'. th.ai rr nn'd.au'ed thh r'z'nn nd kn'sh'ns nd sh'dd kk'tt t'wrd'es ww'nn uh'n'thr nn uh s'p'r'tt vv b'r'thr'h'dd'.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Pangram

th k'qw'kk b'r.au'nn f'x.o j'mm'pp'es vv.o'rr th l'z d'gg'.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.