Chetlivitsa

The Chetlivitza alphabet was designed by Todor Nikolov from Bulgaria in 2015. It is based on Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, as well partially on the Glagolitic and Greek alphabets. The name Chetlivitza (Четливица) is not word in Bulgarian, but sounds like a word for "readable alphabet".

The idea of this alphabet is to unite the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet, as well partially Greek alphabet in one alphabet as the letters to be easy for read for these who know one of these alphabets or not hard to learn them. Second idea is that all letters to be maximum close somehow visual to all selected alphabets. The names of the first 3 letters are connected or related with the names of early Cyrillic alphabet as pronouncing of all names of the letters is written on English.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet.
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines.
Used to write: Bulgarian and English, and could be used for other languages written with the Latin or Cyrillic alphabets.
All letters are derived from the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and Glagolitic alphabets.
Number of letters: 33

Chetlivitsa alphabet

Chetlivitsa vowels

Notes

Double vowels represent long vowel sounds. For example: door, good and sleep. Words can be written in a few different ways:

Like the words in the original languages, e.g door, good, sleep
Based on how they are pronounced, e.g. door, guud, sliip
Based on how they are pronounced, except for the last letter of one syllable
Based on the letters of the alphabet, e.g.
the words can be written with letters that are visual close, e.g.
English G and J and the French J are written with letter Je, or with the letter go when pronounced [g].
For the sound [ʤ] the letters deo and je can be combined.
German CH is written with letter hoho
Ph can be written as f like foto, telefone etc.
The letter qu can be used instead of the letter ka or the letter ka could be written used of a letter qu. Both can be used for languages with two K and Q, e.g.
German tsch, zsch, tzsch as well English tch (sometimes ch) or Turkish letter ç is written with the letter tcho.
Latin letter c could be written s in the cases when it is pronounced [s], or qu in the cases when sit is pronounced [k]
Combined letters ch when c is pronounced [k], like in Christopher, can use qu for c.

Sample text in English

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Sample text in Russian

Chetlivitsa sample text in Russian

Transliteration

Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства.

Sample text in Bulgarian

Chetlivitsa sample text in Bulgarian

Transliteration

Всички хора се раждат свободни и равни по достойнство и права. Tе са надарени с разум и съвест и следва да се отнасят помежду си в дух на братство.

Sample text in German

Chetlivitsa sample text in German

Transliteration

Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.

Sample text in Serbian

Chetlivitsa sample text in Serbian

Transliteration

Сва људска бића рађају се слободна и једнака у достојанству и правима. Она су обдарена разумом и свешћу и треба једни према другима да поступају у духу братства.

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