International Latin Alphabet

Part of the Unified Alphabet System.

• Unified Latin Alphabet 1994
• Unified Latin Alphabet 2015
• Unified Latin Alphabet 2016

System

Comment

IPA

a

b

ʃ

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

ʒ

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

ç

q

UAS-diacritic

^

´

.

˚

ˇ

`

Unified Latin Alphabet 1994

a

b

q

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

y

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

-

z

c

-

Unified Latin Alphabet 2015

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

y

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

-

z

q

-

Unified Latin Alphabet 2016

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

-

-

Unified Latin Alphabet 2017?

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

ə

z

-

-

Two constraints, a replacement value (for IPA) must be

• represented by a grapheme that is not a single Basic Latin letter (= a phone that is represented by a Basic Latin letter in IPA should only be assigned to the same letter in the alphabet)
• from the same of the two classes consonant and vowel, as the replaced value

Affricate relevance

• interslav: "bogatši" which means "richer". t and š need to be pronounced separately, otherwise it would be written "bogači", which is a different word and is the singular locative of "bogač", which means "rich man" - ULA would have /bogatci/ for both and cannot distinguish.
• Polish
  • tc : <cz> VS <trz>
    • <czy> VS <trzy>
      • workaround: <tc> VS <tq>, the latter with progressive voicing assimilation
  • dq : <dż> VS <drz>
    • <dżem> = "jam", with monophonemic affricate, versus <drzem> = "take a nap (imperative)" with plosive-plus-fricative sequence.
      • workaround: <dq> VS <dc>, the latter with progressive voicing assimilation