Draft:Leafonetix

Leafonetix was originally a conscript called Nooalf, that later evolved. It started when Nooalf got a makeover known as Neweralf, and later on Leafonetix.

Background

Creators on Scratch, such as FoilageFeline44 and AlphabetonsOfficial, made the conscript when finding that there are more sounds in the alphabet than known. Leafonetix improves consistency of spelling and shortens words to make spelling easier. For instance, many words in the English language rhyme but are not spelled similarly, such as "tomb" and "comb". Similarly, words such as "bough" and "cow" rhyme but are spelled differently. Leafonetix fixes these problems by replacing them by words like bɷ and kɷ.

A revamped version of Leafonetix has more letters, though most are diphthongs and are optional and are for accents.

Letters

So far, Leafonetix contains 44 letters, which are described below.

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Letter	IPA Equivalent	Example	History
Aa	eɪ	rain	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ʌʌ	æ	cat	It was from the original Nooalf.
Δ🜂	ɑː	are	It was added in the Leafonetix era and was originally used as O.
Ꜷꜷ	ɔː	palm	Added a little bit after the popularity. Originally used as O. IT was also moved from near O to near A.
Bb	b	be	It was from the original Nooalf.
Cc	tʃ	choked	It was from the original Nooalf. Due to C's redundancy being substitutable with K and S, it was used for the "ch" diagraph.
Dd	d	do	It was from the original Nooalf.
Eɛ	iː	peel	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ҽe	ɛ	egg	It was from the original Nooalf.
Əə	ə	canopy	Example
Ff	f	fire	It was from the original Nooalf.
Gg	g	grow	It was from the original Nooalf.
Hh	h	hand	It was from the original Nooalf.
İi	ɑɪ	rice	It was from the original Nooalf.
Iɪ	ɪ	pin	It was from the original Nooalf.
Jj	dʒ	joke	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ɉɉ	ʒ	massage	It was from the original Nooalf.
Kk	k	cradle	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ll	l	llama	It was from the original Nooalf.
Mm	m	magenta	It was from the original Nooalf.
Nn	n	candy	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ꞥꞥ	ŋ	pink	It was made in Neweralf, and used to look like Ии.
Oo	ɒ	otter	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ⴃσ	əʊ	row	It was from the original Nooalf.
O͟o͟	oː	croissant	It's a bit redundant due to how little words have this, but it got added in Leafonetix
Ɔɔ	ɔ	horse	It was made in Neweralf
Ꝏꝏ	uː	true	It was from the original Nooalf.
Pp	p	happen	It was from the original Nooalf.
Qq	ɔɪ	coin	After getting removed because of its redundancy, it was finally added, but originally used for "ow". This later got repurposed to "oi", because the "ow" was used by Ѡɷ. The "oi" digraph used to look like ⵚø.
Rr	ɹ	rails	It was from the original Nooalf.
̶R̶r̶	ɜː	purr	It was made in Neweralf because Rr took two jobs, which broke the rules, so they made this to tell the difference.
Ss	s	asked	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ꞩꞩ	Σʃ	push	It was from the original Nooalf.
Tt	t	rats	It was from the original Nooalf.
Uu	ʌ	uncle	It was from the original Nooalf.
Աɥ	juː	unicycle	It was added for Neweralf, but there are a few hit-or-misses. You can use "yꝏ" because it's much simpler, but that'll mean yꝏnɪfɔrm will be longer. It's still worth it though.
ഥꭣ	ʊ	crook	It was from the original Nooalf.
Vv	v	vacuum	It was from the original Nooalf.
Ww	w	woman	It was from the original Nooalf.
￦w̶	ʍ	whey	It was added in Neweralf, and originally looked like Ɯɯ.
Ѡɷ	aʊː	bounces	It was originally Qq, but got changed.
Xx	θ	think	It was from the original Nooalf. Its redundancy led it to be like this because the "th" sound was available to it.
̶X̶x̶	ð	withered	It was from the original Nooalf. It's a variation of Xx that became its own letter.
Yy	j	yams	It was from the original Nooalf.
Zz	z	crazy	It was from the original Nooalf.

Leafonetix Friends

There was going to be a show called Leafonetix Friends based around these letters teaching kids how to speak. This would help them develop linguistics, and learn to read. Unfortunately, FoilageFeline44 quit this after being told that this was not a good way to teach kids. Leafonetix is still around though. There would be characters like Amy the Angel and Chester the Cheesemaker in it, too, with every letter having a corresponding profession based on their sound.

Etymology

Its name is a portmanteau of "leaf" and a misspelling of "phonetics" known as "phonetix". The leaf part comes from FoilageFeline44's previous name, LeafCat.. This name is gone due to a new profile, but early projects show his previous name.

Flaws

There are some derogatory terms being presented when translating, such as the words chum and Seth. These would lead to vulgar words, and will be unsuitable.