The Deseret Alphabet: A Fixed & Unalterable Sound

2026 is the year the book comes out! The Deseret Alphabet: A Fixed and Unalterable Sound a.co/d/1uZQQeI Here's a sneak peek of the contents and an appendix.

Many are saying

Many are saying

@Deseret3rdBook I can't wait to finally read it! The implications I've only heard in passing are shocking. Like, most important historical work in decades.

(Incidentally, we'll be at the @MormonHistAssoc conference in June 2026 to talk about related research on the scribes.)

So we did. a.co/d/016cR4Lj We hope you enjoy it and it opens your horizons about what the pioneers on the frontier were doing.

Some of you may find the origin story for the Deseret Alphabet book to be of interest, and since I recently wrote it down: a.co/d/0bzWDgOA

This is not a book about a failed alphabet. It is a requiem for a moment when Mormonism believed it could organize the tongue of angels into everyday use, and simultaneously a love letter to the stubborn, beautiful refusal of that dream to die. amazon.com/Deseret-Alphab…

@sharkafilipova 𐐂𐑌 𐐀𐑅𐐻𐐲𐑉? 𐐤𐐬, 𐑌𐐲𐑃𐐮𐑍 𐐻𐐭 𐐰𐐼.

@Deseret3rdBook 𐐎𐐲𐑆 𐑄𐐯𐑉 𐑉𐐨𐑅𐐲𐑉𐐽 𐐱𐑌 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐻𐐭?

𐐐𐐰𐐹𐐨 𐐀𐑅𐐻𐐲𐑉! 𐐐𐐨 𐐮𐑆 𐑉𐐮𐑆𐐲𐑌!

@sharkafilipova Teasing some new research from the book!

@Deseret3rdBook The tongue of angels? The language? What language? This alphabet is for English

@astrangerthere We endeavor to give satisfaction.

@Deseret3rdBook This is amazing. Thank you for your work on this.

Status update for The Deseret Alphabet: “A Fixed and Unalterable Sound”. The final manuscript & images etc. have been submitted with a projected publication date of Spring 2026 from @IllinoisPress. We're planning podcasts & releases to share material, research, & discoveries.

Thank you @nauvoosupply for the "retro" copy of the Book of Mormon. My RM will love it when he gets home.