𐐜 𐐔𐐇𐐝𐐀𐐡𐐇𐐓 𐐈𐐢𐐙𐐈𐐒𐐇𐐓

The Illinois Deseret Consortium maintains a large research archive devoted to the Deseret Alphabet, a writing system created by Latter-day Saints in nineteenth-century Utah and still used today. The site provides searchable texts, transcriptions, transliterations, lexical tools, historical documents, and scholarly resources for studying the script.

Developed in Utah during the 1850s under the direction of Brigham Young and other Latter-day Saint leaders, the Deseret Alphabet represented an ambitious attempt to reform English spelling through a rational writing system. Although promoted through primers, newspapers, scripture publications, and educational initiatives, the alphabet never achieved widespread adoption and was largely abandoned by the late nineteenth century. Today, digital technologies and growing scholarly and artistic interest are contributing to its revival.