Hebrew alphabet with Latin letter-names (fragment) in St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 876, p. 278 (ca. 800). Source: e-codices.unifr.ch (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Hebrew alphabet with Latin letter-names (fragment) in St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 876, p. 278 (ca. 800). Source: e-codices.unifr.ch (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Johannes Buno, Neue lateinische Grammatica (Danzig, 1961)

Johannes Buno, Neue lateinische Grammatica (Danzig, 1961)

Alexander Melville Bell, Visible Speech: The Science of Universal Alphabetics (London, 1867)

Alexander Melville Bell, Visible Speech: The Science of Universal Alphabetics (London, 1867)

Sequoyha (c . 1770-1843), creator of the Cherokee alphabet

Sequoyha (c . 1770-1843), creator of the Cherokee alphabet

Khaisan, Menghan Hebi Wufang Yuanyin 蒙汉合璧五方元音 (Mongolian-Han Bilingual Original Sounds of Five Directions) (1917)

Khaisan, Menghan Hebi Wufang Yuanyin 蒙汉合璧五方元音 (Mongolian-Han Bilingual Original Sounds of Five Directions) (1917)

Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Remarques sur la langue françoise (Amsterdam, 1647). Source: gallica.bnf.fr (Bibliothèque nationale de France).

Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Remarques sur la langue françoise (Amsterdam, 1647). Source: gallica.bnf.fr (Bibliothèque nationale de France).

Munawwar Qari Abdurrashidkhan ogli, Uzbek textbook ‘Adib-i sani’ (Tashkent, 1911)

Munawwar Qari Abdurrashidkhan ogli, Uzbek textbook ‘Adib-i sani’ (Tashkent, 1911)

Daniel Jones and Solomon Plaatje, A Sechuana Reader in International Phonetic Orthography (London, 1916)

Daniel Jones and Solomon Plaatje, A Sechuana Reader in International Phonetic Orthography (London, 1916)

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