Editing Deseret alphabet (section)

=== Cursive ===
[[File:Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia written in Deseret cursive.svg|thumb|239x239px|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit<br />𐐎𐐮𐐿𐐨𐐹𐐨𐐼𐐨𐐲, 𐑄 𐑁𐑉𐐨 𐐯𐑌𐑅𐐴𐐿𐑊𐐬𐐹𐐨𐐼𐐨𐐲 𐑄𐐰𐐻 𐐯𐑌𐐨𐐶𐐲𐑌 𐐿𐐰𐑌 𐐯𐐼𐐮𐐻]]
The cursive form of the Deseret alphabet was mainly used by two people: George D. Watt, and James Henry Martineau.<ref name="Beesley2002" />{{rp|21}} Watt, a [[stenographer]], recorded several bishops meetings and wrote other personal documents in this cursive style.<ref name="Beesley2004" />{{rp|13}} A chart of the cursive form appears below. The blue glyphs represent how to write each character, while the top row of printed glyphs shows the corresponding Unicode reference glyph.

[[File:Early Deseret cursive lineup based on a document written by its creator George D Watt.svg|border|frameless|class=descharts|600x600px]]

The cursive style has many unorthodox characteristics uncommon to [[alphabet|alphabetic writing systems]]. [[Vowel]]s can be dropped if the writer is in a hurry and feels the word is obvious as in an [[abjad]], letters can be written above or below the base line depending on what precedes them, and 𐐮 is placed on letters after they are already written as in an [[abugida]]. Furthermore, unlike the typeset alphabet, the cursive alphabet has no letter case. These characteristics could have arisen because Watt was a local expert in [[Pitman shorthand]], which is written in a similar way.<ref name="Beesley2004" />{{rp|13}}

The table below shows some examples of how the cursive form is written. Dropped vowels are marked in parentheses.

[[File:Deseret cursive examples based on the Mormon bishops meeting minutes recorded by George D Watt.svg|border|frameless|539x539px]]