Modern Standard Alphabet

Modern Standard Alphabet ( )

The Modern Standard Alphabet was invented by John Allen as an
alternative way to write Arabic, Dari and Pashto. It could also be used
to write other Semitic and Indo-European languages. It was inspired by
the Interbet and is based on the Latin alphabet,
with some Cyrillic and Greek letters. The Cyrillic letters are used for
variations or where letters might be ambiguous, and the Greek is reserved
for Semitic letters that have no real equivalent in either the Latin or
Cyrillic alphabets.

This is a (mostly) phonetic alphabet, and is meant to facilitate standardization
throughout the world so that people in the Middle East can have a method for
using modern technology without the vexing problems that the Arabic script poses
for computers. If it became generally adapted a person could go from Kansas to
Kazakhstan and be able to at least read the signs.

Modern Standard Alphabet

Modern Standard Alphabet

Modern Standard Alphabet - vowels and diphthongs

Sample text (English)

Sample text in Modern Standard Alphabet in English

Sample text (Arabic)

Sample text in Modern Standard Alphabet in Arabic

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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