List of language reforms of English
Over the years, many people have called for language reforms of the English language, which vary in approach. Phonetic alphabets limited to English do not belong here. See Category:Phonetic alphabets.
Spelling reforms
[edit]Spelling reforms are attempts to regularise English spelling, whether by enforcing a regular set of rules, or by replacing the basic English alphabet with a new one. English spelling reforms include:
Using the basic English alphabet:
- Cut Spelling
- Handbook of Simplified Spelling
- Parallel English
- Regularized Inglish
- SoundSpel
- Spelling Reform step 1 (SR1)
- SaypU (Spell As You Pronounce Universally)
- Simpel-Fonetik method of writing
- Traditional Spelling Revised
Extending or replacing the basic English alphabet:
- Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet
- Deseret alphabet
- Interspel
- Shavian alphabet (revised version: Quikscript)
- Unifon
Subsets
[edit]Subsets are reforms that use a restricted wordlist and grammar. English subsets include:
- Attempto Controlled English
- Basic English
- E-Prime
- Globish
- Plain English
- Simplified English
- Special English
- Specialised English
Vocabulary reforms
[edit]Vocabulary reforms seek to reform English by changing or restricting its words without changing its grammar.
- Anglish: the use of native (Germanic) words only, and spellings of such without foreign influence—a form of linguistic purism