List of reforms of the English language
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Over the years, many people have called for English language reform. There are a number of reform types that have been proposed.
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[edit] Spelling reforms
Spelling reforms are attempts to regularlize English's highly irregular spelling, whether by enforcing a regular set of rules, or by replacing the basic English alphabet with a new one. English language spelling reforms include:
Using the basic English alphabet:
Extending or replacing the basic English alphabet:
- Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet
- Deseret alphabet
- Initial Teaching Alphabet
- Interspel
- Romic alphabet
- Shavian alphabet (revised version: Quikscript)
- Unifon
[edit] Subsets
Subsets are reforms that use a restricted wordlist and grammar. English subsets include:
- Attempto Controlled English
- Basic English
- E-Prime
- Globish
- Simplified English
- Special English
- Specialized English
[edit] Vocabulary reforms
Vocabulary reforms seek to reform English by changing or restricting its words without changing its grammar.
- Anglish - the use of native (Germanic) words only, a form of linguistic purism
- Europanto
