Interskript

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Overview

Interskript includes a bijective mapping of 26 internationally most common letters to 26 common phones.

The mapping allows for a relatively easy pronunciation of internationally established scientific names for chemical elements (e.g. Yttrium) and taxons (e.g. Moschidae). It can be used to create a language independent way of writing personal names (e.g. Pjotr Iljitc Tcaikovski) and place names (e.g. Tcomolungma).

Specification

Character inventory

All 52 characters of the "Lowercase Latin alphabet" and the "Uppercase Latin alphabet" as defined in "C0 Controls and Basic Latin" of Unicode.

Phoneme inventory

Consonant inventory

Consonant table
Bilabial Labio-
dental
Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m   n        
Stop p b   t d     k g  
Fricative   f v s z ʃ ʒ   x h
Trill     r        
Approximant (w)   l   j (w)  
  • subcolumns: first is unvoiced, second is voiced;
  • cells: characters as in IPA; those that have a non-ASCII character are marked red

Vowel inventory

Vowel table
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e ə o
Open a
  • subcolumns: first is unrounded, second is rounded

Character-phoneme mapping

An uppercase character represents the same phoneme as the corresponding lowercase character.

To have a bijective mapping only one set - uppercase or lowercase - has to be used.

Character-phoneme mapping table
System Characters
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 ə z
Interskript (lowercase) 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
Interskript (uppercase) 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

Transformation

Short notation

Since Interskript does not use diacritic signs the latter can be used to record vowels above consonants.

Letter Diacritic Unicode number Name of diacritic
a ^ circumflex accent
e ´ acute accent
i ◌̇ combining dot above
o ◌̊ U+030A COMBINING RING ABOVE
u ˇ caron, breve
y ` grave accent

Character set specific

System ISO 15924
(alphabetic)
ISO 15924
(numeric)
IPA Latn 215 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
Interskript (uppercase) Latn 215 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 (0041--005A)
Interskript (lowercase) Latn 215 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 (0061--007A)
Interskript (uppercase) Cyrl 220 А Б Ш Д Е Ф Г Ъ И Й К Л М Н О П Ж Р С Т У В Ь Х Ы З (0410--042C) not to be used: Ц Ч Щ
Interskript (lowercase) Cyrl 220 а б ш д е ф г ъ и й к л м н о п ж р с т у в ь х ы з (0610--062C) not to be used: ц ч щ
Interskript (uppercase) Grek 200 Α Β - Δ Ε Φ Γ - Η Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ο Π - Ρ Σ Τ Υ - - Χ - Ζ
Interskript (lowercase) Grek 200 α β - δ ε φ γ - η ι κ λ μ ν ο π - ρ σ τ υ - - χ - ζ
Interskript Hebr 125 א בּ ש ד - פ ג ה - י כּ ל מ נ - פּ - ר ס תּ - ב ו כ - -

Language specific

Color legend for transcription table
Color Character set Character pronunciation in IPA Character pronunciation in Interskript Character set of IPA charactor for the phoneme Phoneme
not "Basic Latin"
"Basic Latin" different different
  • "Basic Latin" or
  • not "Basic Latin"
  • "Basic Latin" and the IPA and Interskript pronunciation of the character(s) is used as a phoneme OR
  • not "Basic Latin" and the IPA and Interskript pronunciation of the character(s) is not used as a phoneme
"Basic Latin" different different not "Basic Latin" the IPA and Interskript pronunciation of the character is not used as a phoneme
"Basic Latin" different same not "Basic Latin" pronouncing as in IPA would still distinguish it from all other used phonemes
none none none none none
"Basic Latin" same same "Basic Latin"
Transcription table
System Characters Interskript
characters
not used
Interskript
phonems
not coded
Affricate
approximation
Other 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 ə z c,q - t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ks
Interskript 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 - - ts dz tc dq ks
jbo a b c d e f g - i - k l m n o p j r s t u v - x y z h,q,w h,j,w(,y) ks y = /ə/
lfn a b x d e f g - i - c l m n o p j r s t u v - - - z k,q,w,y j,w,x,y ts tx ks
epo a b ŝ d e f g h i j k l m n o p ĵ r s t u v ŭ ĥ - z q,x,y,w y c - ĉ ĝ ks
nov a b sh, (ch) d e f g h i y k,q,(c) l m n o p j r (s),(c) t u,(w) v,(w) (w) - - (s) w,y w,x,y,(z) ts - ch, tsh x qu = /kw, kv, ku/; w = /w, u, v/
ido a b - d e f g h i y k,q l m n o p j r s t u v w - - z - c,x,y c - x x = /ks, ɡz/