What is the Deseret Alphabet? 𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐐿𐐭𐐼𐐬𐑆 𐑁𐐫𐑉 𐐻𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐑊𐐩𐐻𐐮𐑍 𐑄𐐮𐑅! Ep. 178

𐐆𐑌 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐯𐐹𐐮𐑅𐐬𐐼, 𐐔𐐩𐑂𐐮𐐼 𐐻𐐫𐐿𐑅 𐐲𐐺𐐵𐐻 𐑄 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐈𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻. 𐐈𐑌𐐼 𐐮𐑁 𐐷𐐭 𐐪𐑉 𐑀𐐬𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐑄 𐐯𐑁𐐲𐑉𐐻 𐐲𐑂 𐐻𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐑊𐐩𐐻𐐮𐑍 𐐫𐑊 𐐲𐑂 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐻𐐯𐐿𐑅𐐻, 𐐷𐐭 𐐼𐐮𐑆𐐲𐑉𐑂 𐐩 𐑁𐐲𐑉𐑋 𐐹𐐰𐐻 𐐪𐑌 𐑄𐐰𐐻 𐐺𐐰𐐿 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐐩 𐑅𐐻𐐲𐑉𐐼𐐨 𐑃𐐲𐑋𐑆 𐐷𐐭𐐹𐐨. 𐐊𐑌𐑊𐐯𐑅 𐐷𐐭 𐐾𐐲𐑅𐐻 popped 𐐮𐐻 𐐮𐑌𐐻𐐭 𐑄 online 𐐻𐑉𐐰𐑌𐑅𐑊𐐩𐐻𐐲𐑉. 𐐜𐐰𐐻'𐐯𐑅 𐐽𐐨𐐻𐐮𐑍. Video transcript: https://saintsunscripted.com/faith-an... Deseret Alphabet Key (found in the original DA Book of Mormon): https://bit.ly/3ReI4k1 Brigham Young announces the project on April 8th, 1852 (gen. conf.): https://bit.ly/3RaXvd7 January 1854 Deseret News reports completion of DA: https://bit.ly/3Psr0FJ Nov. 6, 1868, Deseret News (Brigham Young reports acquisition of Deseret alphabet materials): https://bit.ly/3IgRiZ2 “The Deseret Alphabet Experiment,” via BYU RSC: https://bit.ly/3P9hOWp “Deseret Alphabet,” via the Encyclopedia of Mormonism: https://bit.ly/3uweSLD “Deseret Alphabet,” via the Church’s website: https://bit.ly/3P7FgDn “A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume 3,” see item 881: https://bit.ly/3OPe8cJ “Utah’s Strange Alphabet,” in True Frontier magazine, Nov. 1968, pg. 28: https://bit.ly/3InDgET “Say Now Shibboleth, or Maybe Cumorah” via Interpreter Journal: https://bit.ly/3uvWen3 “The Deseret Alphabet,” via the Friend magazine (August 1985): https://bit.ly/3nHKcTY 1855 Deseret Almanac (pg. 26 contains a precursory version of the DA): https://bit.ly/3uvxNpM An example of a Deseret News article written in DA (Feb. 16, 1859): https://bit.ly/3nM62pu April 14, 1869, Deseret News ad for “Deseret Readers”: https://bit.ly/3P9kjYU Some additional helpful resources can be found here: http://www.deseretalphabet.org/ Here is the Deseret Alphabet Translator website if you want to have some fun: https://bit.ly/3bUQU6p Some practice phrases for you: 𐐆𐑌𐐿𐐲𐑌𐑅𐐨𐑂𐐲𐐺𐐲𐑊! 𐐤𐐯𐑂𐐲𐑉 𐑀𐐬𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐑀𐐮𐑂 𐐷𐐭 𐐷𐐭𐐹𐐨. 𐐤𐐯𐑂𐐲𐑉 𐑀𐐬𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐑊𐐯𐐻 𐐷𐐭 𐐼𐐵𐑌. 𐐗𐐨𐐹 𐑄 𐐽𐐩𐑌𐐾, 𐐷𐐭 𐑁𐐮𐑊𐑃𐐨 𐐰𐑌𐐲𐑋𐐲𐑊! Scanned images of the Deseret First Reader: https://bit.ly/3In9TCT Scanned images of the Deseret Second Reader: https://bit.ly/3OT5BFJ Scanned images of a portion of the Book of Mormon: https://bit.ly/3uvlTwh SUBSCRIBE: http://saintsunscripted/subscribe Follow Us: Facebook:   / saintsunscripted   Instagram:   / saintsunscripted   Website: https://saintsunscripted.com/ Follow the Hosts: Justin:   / justin_wintch   David:   / davidesnell   Taylor:   / tsyorg   Allex:   / allex_lennon   Kaitlyn:   / kait_fotheringham   Sabrina:   / srhymasfuller