Research on the Deseret Alphabet

𐐡𐐨𐑅𐐲𐑉𐐽 𐐱𐑌 𐑄 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐈𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻

How to Read the Deseret Alphabet | 𐐐𐐵 𐐻𐐭 𐐡𐐨𐐼 𐑄 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐈𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻

Learn the fundamentals of the Deseret Alphabet, including its letters, sound values, historical pronunciation, and examples drawn from authentic nineteenth-century texts.

Transcriptions | 𐐓𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐐿𐑉𐐮𐐹𐑇𐐲𐑌𐑆

Unlocking historic Deseret Alphabet documents for research, teaching, and discovery.

Deseret News Scriptures (1859–60, 1864) Deseret First Book (1868) Deseret Second Book (1868) Book of Mormon (1869) Historical Department Office Journal (1859–69) Church–Taylor Letter (1855) D&C Code Names (1869) New Testament (1869) Political Tickets (1874, 1876) Plan 10 From Outer Space (1994)

Spelling Resources | 𐐝𐐹𐐯𐑊𐐮𐑍 𐐡𐐨𐑅𐐬𐑉𐑅𐐯𐑆

Authentic 19th-century spellings of English words in the Deseret Alphabet.

★ Comparative Lexicon of the Deseret Alphabet | 𐐗𐐱𐑋𐐹𐐰𐑉𐐲𐐻𐐮𐑂 𐐢𐐯𐐿𐑅𐐮𐐿𐐱𐑌 𐐱𐑂 𐑄 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐈𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻

The Deseret Spelling Book | 𐐜 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐝𐐹𐐯𐑊𐐮𐑍 𐐒𐐳𐐿

Typography | 𐐓𐐴𐐹𐐱𐑀𐑉𐐰𐑁𐐮

Download free Deseret Alphabet fonts and use them to create documents and art.

Mellifera (Font) Xylocopa (Font) Xenoglossa (Font)

Historiography | 𐐐𐐮𐑅𐐻𐐬𐑉𐐨𐐱𐑀𐑉𐐰𐑁𐐮

This section features key documents and scholarship tracing the history and evolving interpretation of the Deseret Alphabet.

Richards–Bancroft Letter (1885)