So I just finished my latest Hugh Nibley book and in there, I learned about an old alphabet that Brigham Young tried to create with the help of some linguistically blessed members of the church. It is known as the Deseret Alphabet and was created and intended to help those who did not know English better learn it by learning the sounds phonetically. It was abandoned in 1870 due to high costs but I found it fascinating, albeit a little difficult to master.
Full details here: http://www.deseretalphabet.org/
It seems as though this was created by mankind, but I wonder if President Young's intention was to make the mormons more peculiar and set apart from the world. Kinda makes you wonder what the Adamic language looked and sounded like. I guess we'll all find out eventually :)
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