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Book traces history, use of the Deseret alphabet
July 23, 2026
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, July 23 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news:

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Book traces history, use of the Deseret alphabet

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Soon after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints moved its headquarters to what would become the Utah Territory, church president Brigham Young initiated a project to produce a new alphabet, one that would be both a more phonetically accurate depiction o . . .

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