English Phonotypic Alphabet

The English Phonotypic Alphabet (EPA) is a phonetic alphabet developed by Sir Isaac Pitman and Alexander John Ellis, originally as an English language spelling reform. Although never gaining wide acceptance, elements of it were incorporated into the modern International Phonetic Alphabet.

It was originally published in June 1845 in The Phonotypic Journal, a sister publication of The Phonetic Journal. Subsequently, adaptations were published which extended the alphabet to the German, Arabic, Spanish, Tuscan, French, Welsh, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese and Sanskrit languages.

26 EPA letters are in the pipeline for publication by Unicode in 2026.

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