Easy as ABC? No, but studying this Mormon pioneer alphabet is now easier.
Two Illinois professors, both BYU grads, have made searchable transcripts of texts written in the 19th-century Deseret Alphabet.
(Michelle Hassel | University of Illinois News Bureau) Computer science professor Neal Davis, left, and linguistics professor Ryan Shosted hold a copy of the Book of Mormon written in the Deseret Alphabet at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Kaitlyn Bancroft is a Innovation Lab reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She's previously written for The Spectrum, The Denver Post, The Daily Universe, Deseret News, Church News and the Davis County Clipper. She's also a Utah native and a BYU graduate.
Kaitlyn Bancroft is a Innovation Lab reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She's previously written for The Spectrum, The Denver Post, The Daily Universe, Deseret News, Church News and the Davis County Clipper. She's also a Utah native and a BYU graduate.