International Latin Alphabet 1994

ULA-1994 or Unified Latin Alphabet, Version 1994 is an alphabet using all letter characters from ISO 646 and providing a character-sound correspondence that has only two main divergences from IPA namely = /ʃ/ and <y> = /ʒ/.

Rules

Character inventory

Only letters from ISO 646.

Character - sound correspondence

Applicable for all versions

1. a, e, i, o, u with or without diacritics represent vowels.
2. j and w represent semivowels as in IPA
3. the rest of the ISO 646 letters represent consonants

Base form

1. All characters except for c = /ç/, q = /ʃ/ and y = /ʒ/ have the value as in IPA.

Conversion of text written in other systems

When used for writing text in a specific language, the sound can differ from the basic form, but differences should be minimized.

The page Pjotr Iljitc Tcajkovskij (title in ULA-2015) lists several different methods to write the name of a person, pronounced similar to /ˈpjɔːtər iːˈljiːtʃ tʃaɪˈkɒfski/ in several of them.

Conversion from Standard German

Consonants

• x -> ks
• ph -> f
• v -> f (partially)
• w -> v
• qu -> kv
• sch -> q
• st -> qt (partially)
• ch -> c or x
• j -> y (partially)

Vowels

• ei -> ai or aj
• eu -> oi or oj
• ü -> ue
• ö -> oe
• ä -> ae or e

Optional

• au -> aw
• th -> t
• b -> p (partially, if voiceless)
• d -> t (partially, if voiceless)
• g -> k (partially, if voiceless)

Note: <ng> stays a digraph for the velar nasal /ŋ/.

Example: Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski übte Weitsprung in Schanghai und hat sich ein Bein gebrochen. Er fährt mit dem Taxi nach Hause. -> Pjotr Iljitq Tqaikovski uepte Vaitqprung in Qanghai unt hat zic ain Bain gebroxen. Er fert mit dem Taksi nax Hawze.

Conversion from Esperanto

• c -> ts
• ĉ -> tq
• ĝ -> dy
• ĥ -> x
• ĵ -> y
• ŝ -> q
• ŭ -> w

Example: Pjotr Iljiĉ Ĉajkovskij estas in un aŭto -un taksio- in Ŝanhajo. -> Pjotr Iljitq Tqajkovskij estas in un awto -un taksio- in Qanhajo.