Renglish/Ренглиш
Renglish is an alternative method of writing English using
the Cyrillic or Latin alphabets invented by Slacknet Communications, who
spent a few months testing and perfecting the Cyrillic version with
help from several Russians and a Serbian.
Notable features
- Some letters in the Cyrillic version do not represent the same
sounds as the original Slavic languages.
- No special letters are needed so standard fonts can be used.
Renglish Cyrillic alphabet
Notes
- Long E
ЕЕ at the beginning and middle of a word
И at the end of a masculine/neuter name/word
ИЙ at the end of a feminine name/word
- ЕЙ and Ё
Ё at the beginning of a word and middle of multiable syllable words
ЕЙ at the end of a word or in a one syllable word
- Е/Я letter
ЭР is used for the "E+R" sound (e.g.
Hair is Хэр)
ЭН is used for the en/æn sound (e.g. And is
Энд, Can is Кэн)
ЭМ is used for the em/æm sound
(e.g. Slam is Слэм)
- Nouns
To help distinguish some homophones more easily, all nouns are capitalised
However I, Thou, You, They, He, She, and It are not capitalised
- Plurals
To better help one's eyes recognise plurals, all s/es/ez/z plurals are
written with з/ез
- Special forms
The "er/ur" sounds are always written "ер"
The verb ending "ing" is written "инг",
however in other forms it is written "еенг"
(Ringing is Реенгинг)
Renglish Latin alphabet
Notes
- Long E
Í at the end of feminine names/words
Y at the end of masculine/neuter names/words
- EI and É
É at the beginning of a word and the middle of a multiple syllable word
EI at the end of a word or in a one syllable word
- ER/ANN
ÉR is used for the "E+R" and "A+RR" sound (e.g. Hair is Hér)
AMM is used for the em/æm sound (e.g. Slam is Slamm)
ANN is used for the en/æn sound (e.g. And is And, Can is Kann)
- Ú/A
To make Ú short as in Look, it is followed by either a combination of
consonants or double consonant
To make A short as in Cat, it is followed by either a combination of
consonants or a double consonant
- Schwa/U
It is optional to write short U (as in Cut) "ù" to show that it is not Schwa
- Nouns
To help distinguish some homophones more easily, all nouns are capitalised
However I, Thou, You, They, He, She, and It are not capitalised
- Plurals
To better help one's eyes recognise plurals, all s/es/ez/z plurals
are written with z/ez
- Special forms
The "er/ur" sounds are always written "er"
The verb ending "ing" is written "íng", however in other forms it
is written "yng" (e.g. Ringing is Ryngíng)
Past tense (as in t/et/ed/d) is always written "ed"
Sample text in the Renglish Cyrillic alphabet
Ал Хйюмънбееингз
ар борн фри энд
еекўъл ин
Дигнити энд
Райтз. Ђей ар
ендауед ўић
Реезън энд
Каншън энд
шюдд якт
тъўордс ўун
ънуђер ин ё
Спирит ъв
Бруђергхюдд.
Sample text in the Renglish Latin alphabet
Al Hjúmun Byyngz ar born fry and ykwul in Dignity and Rætz.
Ðei ar endáed wiþ Ryzun and Kanshuns and shúdd akt
tuwords wun unùðer in é Spirit uv Brùðerhúdd.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Link
Official Renglish website
http://www.slacknet.org/renglish/
A site in English and Renglish
http://www.slacknet.net
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