top | scripts | languages | countries | types | categories | search
|
| top | scripts | languages | countries | types | categories | search |
( a script )
| Type of script: | Featural |
|---|---|
| Script category: | Phonetic scripts |
| Number of characters: | 120 |
| Created by: | Alexander Melville Bell |
| Period of use: | 1867 - ? |
| Names: | Visible Speech |
A phonetic writing system intended to be used to teach the deaf to learn spoken language. Was widely used to teach deaf students to speak with a standard accent.
| Article: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Speech |
| Article: | http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/Spring_2001/ling001/visible_speech.html |
| Article: | http://www.omniglot.com/writing/visiblespeech.htm |