Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐝𐐰𐑌𐐼𐐲𐑉)
@nawalker.bsky.social
Vice President, Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (California, USA); Adjunct Research Fellow, College of Arts Society & Education, James Cook University (Queensland, Australia)
www.wieldoc.org
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Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐙𐑏𐐽𐐲𐑉 𐐝𐐹𐐨𐐽𐐨) on X: "I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is 𐐀 /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN" / X
I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is 𐐀 /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN
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#langsky #deseretalphabet
Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:
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𐐭
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Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:
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𐐪
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𐐣𐐯𐑉𐐨 𐐗𐑉𐐮𐑅𐑋𐐲𐑅
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
𐐣𐐯𐑉𐐨 𐐗𐑉𐐮𐑅𐑋𐐲𐑅
ɑem θæŋkfʊl tə biː ɪn əstɹæɪljə
August 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ɑem θæŋkfʊl tə biː ɪn əstɹæɪljə
July 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Example of the Khmer love of alliteration in an injunction to slow to 40 when emergency lights are flashing on the side of the road: ឃើញពន្លឺភ្លើងភ្លឹបភ្លែតនៅជាយផ្លូវទេ [kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Example of the Khmer love of alliteration in an injunction to slow to 40 when emergency lights are flashing on the side of the road: ឃើញពន្លឺភ្លើងភ្លឹបភ្លែតនៅជាយផ្លូវទេ [kʰɤ̃ːɲ b̥ŭə̯̃n̪.ˈlɯː pʰlɤ̃ːŋ pʰlɯp̚ pʰlɛ̝ːt̪̚ nɯʊ̯ t͡ɕiə̯j pʰlɤʊ̯ t̪eː]
Arms of Launceston, Tasmania
Blazon:
Arms: Or, on a Pall reversed Azure a Bezant in centre point and an Ingot of Tin proper on each of the lower limbs, on a Chief indented Vert three Waratah Flowers stalked and leaved also proper.
(See picture I took in town today of the painted arms)
Blazon:
Arms: Or, on a Pall reversed Azure a Bezant in centre point and an Ingot of Tin proper on each of the lower limbs, on a Chief indented Vert three Waratah Flowers stalked and leaved also proper.
(See picture I took in town today of the painted arms)
July 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Arms of Launceston, Tasmania
Blazon:
Arms: Or, on a Pall reversed Azure a Bezant in centre point and an Ingot of Tin proper on each of the lower limbs, on a Chief indented Vert three Waratah Flowers stalked and leaved also proper.
(See picture I took in town today of the painted arms)
Blazon:
Arms: Or, on a Pall reversed Azure a Bezant in centre point and an Ingot of Tin proper on each of the lower limbs, on a Chief indented Vert three Waratah Flowers stalked and leaved also proper.
(See picture I took in town today of the painted arms)
[ʔaːɪˈhɛiʔ͡t̪ːəˌkʰɔ̝ˑl̴d͡d̥]
July 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
[ʔaːɪˈhɛiʔ͡t̪ːəˌkʰɔ̝ˑl̴d͡d̥]
#australiancoins
Found a Norfolk Island centenary coin (one of only a few I’ve ever seen). This is one of my favorite designs.
Found a Norfolk Island centenary coin (one of only a few I’ve ever seen). This is one of my favorite designs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#australiancoins
Found a Norfolk Island centenary coin (one of only a few I’ve ever seen). This is one of my favorite designs.
Found a Norfolk Island centenary coin (one of only a few I’ve ever seen). This is one of my favorite designs.
#langsky I was recently interviewed by a professor of translation studies, and the interview has just been published in an outlet for his discipline. Check it out: hopscotchtranslation.com/2025/04/22/s...
Saving Lost Sounds
Neil Alexander Walker tells Peter Constantine about his scholarship and his efforts to document, preserve, and translate the Indigenous Pomoan languages of Northern California.
hopscotchtranslation.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#langsky I was recently interviewed by a professor of translation studies, and the interview has just been published in an outlet for his discipline. Check it out: hopscotchtranslation.com/2025/04/22/s...
April 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:
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𐐩
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐪
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐫
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐬
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐭
x.com/neilalexande...
Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:
𐐨
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐩
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐪
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐫
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐬
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐭
x.com/neilalexande...
Dr Neil Alexander Walker (𐐙𐑏𐐽𐐲𐑉 𐐝𐐹𐐨𐐽𐐨) on X: "I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is 𐐀 /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN" / X
I thought it might be fun to teach the world one Deseret Alphabet letter each day. The first letter of the alphabet is 𐐀 /i/. https://t.co/xZQpE6VmIN
x.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:
𐐨
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐩
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐪
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐫
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐬
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐭
x.com/neilalexande...
Complete Twitter thread for Deseret Alphabet letters:
𐐨
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐩
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐪
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐫
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐬
x.com/neilalexande...
𐐭
x.com/neilalexande...
#langsky #deseretalphabet
Final Deseret Alphabet post: The digraphs. In the 1869 Book of Mormon, the letters 𐐦 /ɔɪ/ and 𐐧 /ɪu/ are replaced by the digraphs 𐐉𐐆 <ɒɪ> and 𐐆𐐅 <ɪu> respectively. It uses the digraphs 𐐊𐐡 <ʌɹ> and 𐐇𐐡 <ɛɹ> for /ɜ(ɹ)/ and /ə(ɹ)/. The digraph 𐐐𐐎 stands for /ʍ/.
Final Deseret Alphabet post: The digraphs. In the 1869 Book of Mormon, the letters 𐐦 /ɔɪ/ and 𐐧 /ɪu/ are replaced by the digraphs 𐐉𐐆 <ɒɪ> and 𐐆𐐅 <ɪu> respectively. It uses the digraphs 𐐊𐐡 <ʌɹ> and 𐐇𐐡 <ɛɹ> for /ɜ(ɹ)/ and /ə(ɹ)/. The digraph 𐐐𐐎
March 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
Final Deseret Alphabet post: The digraphs. In the 1869 Book of Mormon, the letters 𐐦 /ɔɪ/ and 𐐧 /ɪu/ are replaced by the digraphs 𐐉𐐆 <ɒɪ> and 𐐆𐐅 <ɪu> respectively. It uses the digraphs 𐐊𐐡 <ʌɹ> and 𐐇𐐡 <ɛɹ> for /ɜ(ɹ)/ and /ə(ɹ)/. The digraph 𐐐𐐎 stands for /ʍ/.
Final Deseret Alphabet post: The digraphs. In the 1869 Book of Mormon, the letters 𐐦 /ɔɪ/ and 𐐧 /ɪu/ are replaced by the digraphs 𐐉𐐆 <ɒɪ> and 𐐆𐐅 <ɪu> respectively. It uses the digraphs 𐐊𐐡 <ʌɹ> and 𐐇𐐡 <ɛɹ> for /ɜ(ɹ)/ and /ə(ɹ)/. The digraph 𐐐𐐎
The 40th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐧 /ɪu/. It's an optional diphthong. Like the 39th letter, it's problematic. It has 2 different shapes: one is a ligature of 𐐆 /ɪ/ + 𐐅 /u/ (as seen in the attached image, which is almost identical to the 𐐃 /ɔ/ + 𐐆 /ɪ/ ligature that is a variant for /ɔɪ/.
March 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The 40th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐧 /ɪu/. It's an optional diphthong. Like the 39th letter, it's problematic. It has 2 different shapes: one is a ligature of 𐐆 /ɪ/ + 𐐅 /u/ (as seen in the attached image, which is almost identical to the 𐐃 /ɔ/ + 𐐆 /ɪ/ ligature that is a variant for /ɔɪ/.
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 39th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐦 /ɔɪ/. This is 1 of 2 optional letters for diphthongs. It's hugely problematic. There're 2 completely different forms of the letter: 1, as in the example image, is a ligature of 𐐉 /ɒ/ + 𐐆/ɪ/. The 2nd, which I see in my Firefox...
The 39th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐦 /ɔɪ/. This is 1 of 2 optional letters for diphthongs. It's hugely problematic. There're 2 completely different forms of the letter: 1, as in the example image, is a ligature of 𐐉 /ɒ/ + 𐐆/ɪ/. The 2nd, which I see in my Firefox...
March 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 39th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐦 /ɔɪ/. This is 1 of 2 optional letters for diphthongs. It's hugely problematic. There're 2 completely different forms of the letter: 1, as in the example image, is a ligature of 𐐉 /ɒ/ + 𐐆/ɪ/. The 2nd, which I see in my Firefox...
The 39th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐦 /ɔɪ/. This is 1 of 2 optional letters for diphthongs. It's hugely problematic. There're 2 completely different forms of the letter: 1, as in the example image, is a ligature of 𐐉 /ɒ/ + 𐐆/ɪ/. The 2nd, which I see in my Firefox...
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 38th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐥 /ŋ/. Its name is /ɛŋ/. This is the final letter of the standard DA used in the 1869 Book of Mormon, though there are two additional (optional) letters.
The 38th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐥 /ŋ/. Its name is /ɛŋ/. This is the final letter of the standard DA used in the 1869 Book of Mormon, though there are two additional (optional) letters.
March 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 38th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐥 /ŋ/. Its name is /ɛŋ/. This is the final letter of the standard DA used in the 1869 Book of Mormon, though there are two additional (optional) letters.
The 38th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐥 /ŋ/. Its name is /ɛŋ/. This is the final letter of the standard DA used in the 1869 Book of Mormon, though there are two additional (optional) letters.
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 37th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐤 /n/. Its name is /ɛn/. It is coincidentally similar to Ethiopic ነ.
The 37th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐤 /n/. Its name is /ɛn/. It is coincidentally similar to Ethiopic ነ
March 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 37th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐤 /n/. Its name is /ɛn/. It is coincidentally similar to Ethiopic ነ.
The 37th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐤 /n/. Its name is /ɛn/. It is coincidentally similar to Ethiopic ነ
March 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 35th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐢 /l/. Its name is /ɛl/. 𐐢 /l/ together with the DA letters 𐐄 /oʊ/ and 𐐎 /w/ form the group of DA letters that are nearly identical in shape to the corresponding Latin letters that share the same values in English.
The 35th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐢 /l/. Its name is /ɛl/. 𐐢 /l/ together with the DA letters 𐐄 /oʊ/ and 𐐎 /w/ form the group of DA letters that are nearly identical in shape to the corresponding Latin letters that share the same values in English.
March 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 35th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐢 /l/. Its name is /ɛl/. 𐐢 /l/ together with the DA letters 𐐄 /oʊ/ and 𐐎 /w/ form the group of DA letters that are nearly identical in shape to the corresponding Latin letters that share the same values in English.
The 35th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐢 /l/. Its name is /ɛl/. 𐐢 /l/ together with the DA letters 𐐄 /oʊ/ and 𐐎 /w/ form the group of DA letters that are nearly identical in shape to the corresponding Latin letters that share the same values in English.
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 34th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐡 /ɹ/. Its name is /ɜɹ/. Its name continues to cause problems for modern users, who mistakenly believe it may always be used for the syllables /ɜɹ/ & /əɹ/.
The 34th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐡 /ɹ/. Its name is /ɜɹ/. Its name continues to cause problems for modern users, who mistakenly believe it may always be used for the syllables /ɜɹ/ & /əɹ/.
March 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 34th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐡 /ɹ/. Its name is /ɜɹ/. Its name continues to cause problems for modern users, who mistakenly believe it may always be used for the syllables /ɜɹ/ & /əɹ/.
The 34th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐡 /ɹ/. Its name is /ɜɹ/. Its name continues to cause problems for modern users, who mistakenly believe it may always be used for the syllables /ɜɹ/ & /əɹ/.
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 33rd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐠 /ʒ/. Its name is /ʒi/. This is the last obstruent letter and the end of the fricative subclass.
The 33rd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐠 /ʒ/. Its name is /ʒi/. This is the last obstruent letter and the end of the fricative subclass.
March 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 33rd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐠 /ʒ/. Its name is /ʒi/. This is the last obstruent letter and the end of the fricative subclass.
The 33rd letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐠 /ʒ/. Its name is /ʒi/. This is the last obstruent letter and the end of the fricative subclass.
March 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
March 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 29th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐝 /s/. Its name is /ɛs/. In the final DA standard, it does not have a syllabic value, but the famous 1860 Mormon gold coin uses it to abbreviate the /ɛs/ in 'holiness' as 𐐐𐐄𐐢𐐆𐐤𐐝 h-o͡ʊ-l-ɪ-n-ɛ‿s.
The 29th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐝 /s/. Its name is /ɛs/. In the final DA standard, it does not have a syllabic value, but the famous 1860 Mormon gold coin uses it to abbreviate the /ɛs/ in 'holiness' as 𐐐𐐄𐐢𐐆𐐤𐐝 h-o͡ʊ-l-ɪ-n-ɛ‿s.
March 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#langsky #deseretalphabet
The 29th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐝 /s/. Its name is /ɛs/. In the final DA standard, it does not have a syllabic value, but the famous 1860 Mormon gold coin uses it to abbreviate the /ɛs/ in 'holiness' as 𐐐𐐄𐐢𐐆𐐤𐐝 h-o͡ʊ-l-ɪ-n-ɛ‿s.
The 29th letter of the Deseret Alphabet is 𐐝 /s/. Its name is /ɛs/. In the final DA standard, it does not have a syllabic value, but the famous 1860 Mormon gold coin uses it to abbreviate the /ɛs/ in 'holiness' as 𐐐𐐄𐐢𐐆𐐤𐐝 h-o͡ʊ-l-ɪ-n-ɛ‿s.