Writing system for phonetic transcription

Visible speech : the science of universal alphabetics, or self-interpreting physiological letters, for the writing of all languages in one alphabet / by Alex. Melville Bell.

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Visible speech : the science of universal alphabetics, or self-interpreting physiological letters, for the writing of all languages in one alphabet / by Alex. Melville Bell.