Deseret alphabet
The Deseret alphabet ( ; Deseret: ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ป or ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ป) is a phonemic English-language spelling reform developed between 1847 and 1854 by the board of regents of the University of Deseret under the leadership of Brigham Young, the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). George D. Watt is reported to have been the most actively involved in the development of the script's novel characters, which were used to replace those of the 1847 version of Isaac Pitman's English phonotypic alphabet.