Kiserdő alphabet
Kiserdő is an alternative alphabet for Hungarian devised
by Dávid Katona, who uses to keep things, such as passwords,
secret. He invented it for fun in a local forest – the name
kiserdő means “little forest” in Hungarian.
Kiserdő is based on the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets,
though some of the letters are original inventions.
Notable features
- Type of writing system: alphabet
- Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
- Used to write: Hungarian
- Some letters have several different shapes
Kiserdő alphabet
Variant letters
Notes
- y can be used instead of j
- there’s no “ly”, so l plus y or j can be used
- there’s no q, w or x
Sample text
Transliteration
Minden emberi lény szabadon születik és egyenlő
méltósága és joga van. Az emberek, ésszel
és lelkiismerettel bírván, egymással szemben
testvéri szellemben kell hogy viseltessenek.
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)