Item Detail
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3749
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1
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0
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English
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Brigham Young's Deseret Alphabet
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Montana
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October 1974
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24
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54-57
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During most of his life in Utah, Brigham Young (1801-77) promoted a synthetic alphabet to expedite reading and communication among people of varied linguistic backgrounds. The system, intricate and monotonous, was never widely accepted.