Kiserdo

Kiserdő alphabet   
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

Kiserdő alphabet

Variant letters

Variant Kiserdő 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

Sample text in the Kiserdő alphabet

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)

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