| Show THE NEW AND INGENIOUS COSMO ROMAN ALPHABET Aa A aJl tAl AAU AJar ATai AANN AAn A mr Acer ILta V rt Aa a Aa w o II KI iti r Ha Ol OlA A AU PUT CI oa Ala aJ EI o ID A W tm C 9 U IR i t tJ ka J IA t GG U LD UP fp 1 s Uh J T TU CUP JiUN J SUN HUll 1 I 1 i e r j rr iv rY 0 n Gg it e a Rr n l a ecru K rG Ff f S root 11 H Ual n p rte H I h hv g 2 WW w IN v TNT G n g WW W h t LI LJ Um M Ji J M HJO N j T jl This Illustration presents tho the new alphabet of at 50 o characters recently In Invented Invented Invented vented which not only Includes characters for tor the 4 S elementary sounds of ot English but five others other for tor the prevailing sounds Bounda of at all the languages of at the tho world From the tho fact tact that they arc are cut In the Homan noman face tho alphabet has hils been named the Cosmo Roman The scope and purpose universal bit litt It will be bo first used In Bible work ork says nays Its It Inventor Professor R n W Mason Masan Ma ln The he letters are ore all distinctively Roman Romon and for tor the most moat part are colu evolutions evolutions lions of ot their respective original letters lettera or digraphs Thus the six alx A let letters letters tens are produced from tram the tho original A the letters letter for tor th dh wh ng rig n from tram their respective digraphs The new k Is II of ot special Interest because It Is a n combination of at c k q x and Is Intended to serve aero for tor all four tour letters They The do not therefore appear In Inthe Inthe inthe the new alphabet they are duplicates of at k or other letters as RI In con concern concern concern cern quaint extent ek tent The letter It y Is also dis discarded carded being replaced by 11 J and a 11 now new letter Is made for tor the J sound The alphabet has hns been thoroughly examined by b linguists and has hu received the unqualified approval of at the highest authorities being pronounced an achievement of ot real scientific Importance Its possibilities for tor coming Into general use are arc not tar far distant since typesetting machinery has become uni universal versal vereal In case of such nn an event nn an Improvement In ha our printed language would surely surel follow tollow which In time would cause cause English to be he the fittest tongue of ot the world There can cnn be no two to opinions ns as to the possible Im lm Improvement provement of our OUt language lanUal and any approach to a phonetic system that will not only anI reduce re uce tho the number of ot characters but simplify the spelling will wilt be bo hailed with Joy JO especially by b the tho younger ouner generation It has hils been estimated that such a n system would reduce the tho labor of ot beginners and foreigners learning the language very ory materially but Its practicability Is la quite another matter |
