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  • Illinois researchers make Deseret Alphabet texts available for study

    Apr 5, 2022 10:30 am by Jodi HeckelResearch
    A close-up of the Deseret Alphabet characters used in the 1869 Book of Mormon that was recently acquired by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Photo by Michelle Hassel

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    Researchers from Linguistics and Computer Science are working together to develop resources for studying the Deseret Alphabet, which was created by the Mormons and used briefly in the 19th century.

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