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The Universal Language of John Wilkins:
Additional Word Forms

This page presents the thirty-six modifications that are possible for every genus, difference, and radical. For ease of presentation, marks indicating double opposites appear to the lower right of each character. While you may look up grammatical particles here, they cannot be modified.

For information on specific words, see the Dictionary page. For information on character components and pronunciation, see this guide. The rules on forming characters can be found on pages 387-88, and the results here can be compared with the table in the Summary of Directions on the last page of the Synopsis, which shows the forms of the word "Adjuvant."

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1International Phonetic Alphabet (click the word to hear it read aloud on IPA-Reader.com).


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